Jamón (ham) in Spain is the most popular thing ever. It's hilarious.
My profa said today that there are two things she loves most in this world: chocolate and ham.
Also, you know how in the US the tradition is to give your teacher an apple as a gift or to suck up? Here in Spain, you give your teacher a ham. A leg, an entire ham, it doesn't matter. That's their custom. And I find it sooo funny I had to write about it.
:)