Pork scratchings...yes or no?

[British Red]

So many interesting goods are the result of poor folk making food from items the fancy folk don't want, whether it's gumbo, black pudding or ...pork scratchings.

Although there seems to be many names for it.


Pork scratchings?
Pork rinds?
Crackling?
Chicharrón?


My early attempts to make the perfect batch weren't great, but, over the years I've got to understand the science of making the best light, fluffy, crispy snacks

If you would like to know how, I've made a short video

 

[Chris]

Yes.

Also fried chicken skin is wonderful. An old school friend of mine’s mother is Filipino and I remember going over to their house to the smell of it and it made me salivate the moment I got through the door.

 

[British Red]

Yes.

Also fried chicken skin is wonderful. An old school friend of mine’s mother is Filipino and I remember going over to their house to the smell of it and it made me salivate the moment I got through the door.

Now there's a thought!

 

[Robbi]

Love pork scratchings but don't eat one with a hole in it.

 

[Ozmundo]

I’ve also heard them called “Old men’s toenails”…..

 

[British Red]

 

[slowworm]

Some names have a better ring to them, I prefer cracking. Been a while since I made some but prefer it to be lightish and crispy rather than rock hard, a bit of a chew is ok.

I do love nice crispy chicken skin as well. Somewhat bizarrely I've known people who leave the skin of a roast chicken, often the same people who prefer breast rather than leg and thigh.

 

[Tengu]

<Whimpers with joy>

 

[forrestdweller]

our (local) cops certainly love chicharrones (it's also a local nickname for bribery) ; i certainly won't say "no" to the pork product

 

[British Red]

our (local) cops certainly love chicharrones (it's also a local nickname for bribery) ; i certainly won't say "no" to the pork product

I've learned something there!

 

[TeeDee]

So many interesting goods are the result of poor folk making food from items the fancy folk don't want, whether it's gumbo, black pudding or ...pork scratchings.

Although there seems to be many names for it.


Pork scratchings?
Pork rinds?
Crackling?
Chicharrón?


My early attempts to make the perfect batch weren't great, but, over the years I've got to understand the science of making the best light, fluffy, crispy snacks

If you would like to know how, I've made a short video

I like Pork scratchings.

But my heart belongs to Black Pudding.

If you could do a tutorial on Black pudding.... well.... I hope its the blackest of black puddings please.


A VantaBlack (tm) Pudding...

 

[bobnewboy]

Pork scratchings - ooh yes please

Us old boys play spoof for them on Thursday nights at the pub…..

 

[British Red]

I like Pork scratchings.

But my heart belongs to Black Pudding.

If you could do a tutorial on Black pudding.... well.... I hope its the blackest of black puddings please.


A VantaBlack (tm) Pudding...

Hmmmm there's an idea....

 

[Danceswithhelicopters]

Always go for the small cone of Chicharones... Sometimes there can be too much of a good thing.

 

[Paul_B]

What about white pudding? Also Andouillette sausages? Offaly good!

 

[Paul_B]

Pork scratchings? A hard pass from me! Crackling is slightly different IME.

Scratchings are very light, dry and kind of fluffy dry. Crackling is closer to what it is, crispy pigskin. In my opinion this distinction relegated scratchings to the bin and crackling promoted to my tum!

 

[Paul_B]

And don't forget, oysters were poor man's beef at one time! Often used to pad out a beef pie.

In other cultures or countries languoustines were poor man's food but now in the UK a bit luxury.

What's the next poor man's food to become posh fodder?

 

[Pattree]

What's the next poor man's food to become posh fodder?

Chicken muck nuggets at the Ritz?
Harrods kebabs?

 

[TeeDee]

Oxtail, beef cheeks all used to be a poor mans food thing.


However.... I'm all ears for the next one...

 

[Ozmundo]