Just a way of curing it ... it's lovely ... nothing like the tinned stuff we have ... had it by accident in Princeton back in 2003 ... saw a guy heaving it in a sandwich in a deli bar and said "I'll have one of those" ...
My Mrs spent £160 on a champagne cooler thing and £180 on a ‘strawberry bowl’ a few weeks ago. Never even knew strawberry bowls were a thing. We don’t drink champagne either, it’ll end up getting used as a vase.