Scrunchins [Cooking]
2009 Mar 14
No, not pork rinds chef obi. Rinds is the skin, no? I've tried frying that into something edible in my many rendering adventures, but I can never get it to turn out like anything but shoe leather. So I don't bother with the skin anymore.
2009 Mar 14
lol my bad
actually in SE Asia they fry the skin in the rendered pork fat
but I believe the hard upper layer of the skin is shaved off
will need to ask my cambodian ex GF
hmmm
i might need to try this sometime
now, thinking of pork skin, I have a craving for Thai ham
yum!
or Chinese roast pork, extra skin
hmmm decisions decisions
guess I am just a skin freak
like with Peking duck, I only eat the skin of the Thanksgiving turkey
actually in SE Asia they fry the skin in the rendered pork fat
but I believe the hard upper layer of the skin is shaved off
will need to ask my cambodian ex GF
hmmm
i might need to try this sometime
now, thinking of pork skin, I have a craving for Thai ham
yum!
or Chinese roast pork, extra skin
hmmm decisions decisions
guess I am just a skin freak
like with Peking duck, I only eat the skin of the Thanksgiving turkey
2009 Mar 14
Aubrey's in the Market today was offering home-made pork rinds for 25 cents, with proceeds going to Goodwill. Delicious. Fried very dark and dusted with kosher salt, entirely unlike that stuff you get in a bag at the grocery store.
2009 Mar 16
yummm I just fried up the last of my cracklings/grieben (german) on Saturday morning. They are so yummy. I can get them in Manitoba for 4.00/2 pound container. Can you buy them here anywhere? They last forever in the freezer, so usually am able to maintain a constant supply.
2009 Mar 16
I just returned from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...And yes there are lots of places to get nachos/salsa/guacamole,etc. (foodie heaven, btw!) but there are vendors on the beaches that serve bags of freshly (baked/roasted/fried?) pork rinds/cracklings. You can buy them by the bag or in a cone--like chips. They seem very popular as a snack down there. Plenty of folks buying them but I wouldn't let my dear one try them (high cholesterol) much to his dismay!
2009 Mar 16
Sourdough- Where in Manitoba were you getting them from?
Man, I was in the market today and should have gone to Aubrey's :(
Man, I was in the market today and should have gone to Aubrey's :(
2009 Mar 16
tacos de chicharrons..
Mmm corn tortilla, tomatillo serrano salsa, porkrinds, fried bone marrow on top with a sqeeze of lime and some creme fraiche...
life is good man
Mmm corn tortilla, tomatillo serrano salsa, porkrinds, fried bone marrow on top with a sqeeze of lime and some creme fraiche...
life is good man
2009 Mar 16
Butch - La Cabana has fried yucca w/ chicharrons (the meaty-fatty-crispy kind, not just the fatty-crispy kind), there are some days when this plate makes everything a-ok with me. They fry the yucca until crisp, likewise with the chicharrons, then toss them in a dry adobo seasoning and serve with sliced tomato and cucumber. Heart attack on a plate, but YUM.
2009 Mar 17
Pan Bagnat - Denny's Meat market:
333 Wilton Street
Winnipeg, MB R3M 3B7
(204) 452-9792
They get it from Pioneer, the same guys that make the Altona Farmer Sausage (as opposed to the Winkler farmer sausage for those in the know on their southern manitoba meats). It's in the fridge section - if not there just ask Denny/Tracy or Mark, one of them will be running the front of the store.
333 Wilton Street
Winnipeg, MB R3M 3B7
(204) 452-9792
They get it from Pioneer, the same guys that make the Altona Farmer Sausage (as opposed to the Winkler farmer sausage for those in the know on their southern manitoba meats). It's in the fridge section - if not there just ask Denny/Tracy or Mark, one of them will be running the front of the store.
zymurgist
We had a wonderful pork roast for supper last night, and it had a massive piece of fat around it that I just could not throw away. So into the fridge it went.
I just rendered it down (got about 250ml of fat) and am now enjoying the resultant scrunchins! (the little crispy bits that are left over and do not render)
mmmmmmmm!