What are they made from? Is it dried pig fat? They seem disgusting..
2006-06-27 14:33:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
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Pork rinds are a snack food made from chunks (called 'pellets') of cured pork skin (sometimes including portions of meat as well), deep-fried and puffed into light, irregular curls, and often seasoned with chilli pepper or barbecue flavoring. A similar food is cracklings, made from thicker, and therefore harder and crunchier, pieces of fried pigskin.
2006-06-27 14:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 22⤊ 0⤋
Deep Fried Pig Skin
2006-06-27 14:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pig skin with fat still attached .. its normally deep fried (there are healthier versions)they trim the skin off the ham, making sure they keep most of the fat attached.Then they place in a deep cast iron pot on medium heat, stirring constantly to keep the skin from sticking. The fat will form its own oil and the skin will deep fry forming rinds. At first it will produce a bit of water but after cooking for a length of time, the water will disappear and oil will begin to form.
2006-06-27 14:40:13 · answer #3 · answered by ToYsTeMpTer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dried pig skin.
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Pork rind is the cooked skin of a pig. This may be either eaten warm with a meal, or served cold as a snack. In both forms some fat is commonly still attached to the skin.
Health issues
There is some interest in pork rinds as a healthy snack food due to the Atkins diet, since pork rinds contain no carbohydrates (unless flavored). They are, however, high in fat and sodium, and generally may be considered more delicious than healthy to those who enjoy them. In fact, the fat content of pork rinds is similar to that of potato chips, and the amount of sodium in a serving of pork rinds is nearly 5 times of that within a serving of potato chips. For example, a 14 gram serving of Utz Regular Pork Rinds contains 5 grams of fat and 230 milligrams of sodium whereas the same serving of Utz Regular Potato Chips contains 4.5 grams of fat and 47 milligrams of sodium. Pork rinds generally contain 8 grams of protein in a 14 gram serving, more than any food except dried meats such as jerky. The fat content of jerky, however, is much lower. Microwaveable pork rinds are lower in fat than the deep-fried variety, with only 2 grams of fat per 14 gram serving and no saturated fat, although the sodium level may be as high as 350 milligrams per serving. The high protein content of pork rinds makes them more nutritious than some low-fat snack foods, such as fat-free pretzels.
2006-06-27 14:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fried pig skins
2006-06-27 14:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by ¥µng¯±µnê 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pork rinds are made from pork skin. They are fatty and disgusting. A lot of people like them. Either they don't know what they are eating or they don't care. UGH!!!!
2006-06-27 14:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by papricka w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fried pig skin.
2006-06-27 14:35:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
commercial pork rinds aren't any further the exterior of the pig. they're products of fat. Cracklins comprise both the mushy/crunchy fat, besides as skin. pork skin that has been deep fried is not uncomplicated adequate to crack a tooth.
2016-10-13 21:46:45 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fried skin of pigs, with some other junk mixed in to extend shelf-life.
2006-06-27 14:35:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deep fried pig skins. I like the BBQ ones. I try not to think of what they are. Kinda like eating hot dogs...
2006-06-27 14:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by Manda Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋