Pork scratchings

[calibrax]

Tried these BBQ pulled pork flavoured scratchings... not bad at all, kinda sweet & smoky tasting. I love pork scratchings!

[Don]

Have you checked the calorie count for those?

People should carry those instead of Kendal Mint Cake and Chocolate when going up mountains. There's enough food in that bag to keep a team of people working for a fortnight.

Well, not really, but more that your daily caloric intake anyway...

[toasty]

For me, Pork Scratchings are the perfect pub snack.

These, especially the ones in the brown bag, are the king of Pork Scratchings. The black bag is Pork Crackling and is softer if you like that sort of thing. They also make the fennel Pork Scratchings for Wahaca.


http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/Tamworth-firm-Real...

[Fishtigua]

Will give them a try.

Do love a nice scrattin', me.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=116...

[calibrax]

Don said:

Have you checked the calorie count for those?

People should carry those instead of Kendal Mint Cake and Chocolate when going up mountains. There's enough food in that bag to keep a team of people working for a fortnight.

Well, not really, but more that your daily caloric intake anyway...

Erm... not actually true. The bag is 45g, and it's 610 calories per 100g. So that makes the bag about 275 calories - and to put that in perspective, a Tesco chicken salad sandwich is 434 calories.

[Blown2CV]

don't much like the scratchings that are 'puffed', like quavers kind of. I like the grotty ones you can see nostrils and hair in.

[C0ffin D0dger]

Yum yum pigs bum.....


...which is largely what they are

I love 'em with a pint of proper cider (i.e. definitely not the stuff you have on ice, yuk).

[Pferdestarke]

Blown2CV said:

don't much like the scratchings that are 'puffed', like quavers kind of. I like the grotty ones you can see nostrils and hair in.

Yes. When they're good they're sublime. But when you get a bag with too little seasoning and too much lard they turn my stomach.

[ZedLeg]

A taco place near me makes their own Chicharon, basically Mexican style pork scratchings. They're awesome.

[Fishtigua]

ZedLeg said:

A taco place near me makes their own , basically Mexican style pork scratchings. They're awesome.

I love them. Out in the sticks, the locals make them as one huge slab, some the size of the table. Braking bits off and dipping them in hot sauce and sipping a cold beer. Pretty bloody good.

[Hoofy]

Blown2CV said:

don't much like the scratchings that are 'puffed', like quavers kind of. I like the grotty ones you can see nostrils and hair in.

Funnily, I prefer those puffed ones. Dunno why. I like my teeth, maybe?

[BigMon]

I love em too after decades of hating pork (bizarre, but that's getting old for you I guess).

I'd say my favourite 'posh' ones are Mr Trotters or Awfully Posh pork crackling.

Mr Porky is OK, and the 39p\bag 'No Nonsense' pork scratchings from Home Bargains have a very strong 'piggy' flavour.

[HD Adam]

Fishtigua said:

ZedLeg said:

A taco place near me makes their own , basically Mexican style pork scratchings. They're awesome.

I love them. Out in the sticks, the locals make them as one huge slab, some the size of the table. Braking bits off and dipping them in hot sauce and sipping a cold beer. Pretty bloody good.

I make my own when I BBQ.

Super easy to make out of Pork Belly but if you try, do it outside unless you want your house to smell of fried pig for a couple of weeks

[Scantily]

Openshaws also make black pudding flavour pork scratchings which are absolutely incredible, my favourite so far.

[Fishtigua]

Scantily said:

Openshaws also make black pudding flavour pork scratchings which are absolutely incredible, my favourite so far.

B*stid, Amazon now has more of my money.

[Scantily]

Fishtigua said:

B*stid, Amazon now has more of my money.

You won't be disappointed, they really do taste like black pudding. Post back with your thoughts once you've tried them.

[ZedLeg]

HD Adam said:

I make my own when I BBQ.

Super easy to make out of Pork Belly but if you try, do it outside unless you want your house to smell of fried pig for a couple of weeks

I'd like to have a go at making them but my missus doesn't eat pork belly so I've never got round to it.

[227bhp]

Don said:

Have you checked the calorie count for those?

People should carry those instead of Kendal Mint Cake and Chocolate when going up mountains. There's enough food in that bag to keep a team of people working for a fortnight.

Well, not really, but more that your daily caloric intake anyway...

This is the food forum, for the health forum go back out, turn left and it's the 8th on the right.

[Fishtigua]

Just tried a bag of Awfully Posh Sea Salt.

Not special enough. 3/10.

[Gompo]

A Butchers/Bakers local to me used to make Pork 'Scraps', which I think were the waste/by-product of rendering pork fat. Think of regular scratchings but smaller, less hair and probably less tasteful and yet more unhealthy - they were however more addictive. Anyone had similar?