The pannage system is also still used in some parts of Spain and Portugal, where the lean Iberian pig feeds in woods and produces a particularly fine kind of ham. |
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Before then, the Weald was used as summer grazing land, particularly for pannage by inhabitants of the surrounding areas. |
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Pannage is an ancient practice to fatten pigs before slaughter and salting for the winter. |
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Pannage, or Common of Mast, stretches back to medieval times and allows commoners, as landowners in the area are known, to graze pigs in the forest. |
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