If you are traveling in Italy for a short time, you can try the most famous Parma ham (one of the three largest hams in the world). Italians are very strange. The shops close very early at night, and only ham shops and bars are open on the streets. They order it.
Just stand on the roadside chatting with a glass of beer and a slice of ham or pizza. You can chat until midnight. You can see that the streets are full of people drinking, smoking and eating ham.