Do you eat pork scratching?

123sind

I have a 18 g pack of pork scratching, to make up for the fat intake and as a snack in between when i get a hunger felling.

Violet_Flux

I don't buy scratching but I buy bone-in skin-on pork shoulder and I do eat the skin along with the meat. Not sure if that's the same thing? I've heard it referred to as scratching, crackling, rind...

123sind

Sounds like the same thing.

Chillycatmum

I love pork scratching, the Morrisons near me sells pig skin so I often make my own

123sind

Sounds nice, how do you make them?

Chillycatmum

You just roast the skin, and after 15 mins I usually cut it with scissors into bite size pieces, and then roast again for about another 30 mins, it doesn't always work but when it does they are delicious, you can add flavourings with spices too which are lovely as well

I have just found a recipe that I am going to try (adapted for ZC) for pork rind nachos - http://fitlivingfoodies.com/recipe-archive/pork-rind-nachos-recipe/

123sind

Thanks for that, i will try it out.

AlexandraCarlyle

Chillycatmum wrote: »

I love pork scratching, the Morrisons near me sells pig skin so I often make my own

Yes, I think we've discussed this before if I'm not mistaken, @Chillycatmum ...?

I make it in a similar way... I flatten the pork skin on a tray and sprinkle it with salt, then refrigerate overnight. In the morning, I slice it up into pieces (1cm x about 3 or 4cm) and put the pieces in a bowl... sprinkle over 2 tbsps apple cider vinegar, toss and coat the pieces, then lay them on a rack, skin side up, fat side down, and roast in a hot oven (180 C to 200 C) watch carefully, but around 30 minutes should do it....

If you can wait until hey're cold, all to the good.
I can't. They're amazing!!

JessicaMcB

If we are talking about pork rinds or what have you I personally choose not to as a keto maintainer. I have the calories but it's pretty macro poor for me considering it's an incomplete protein. Nothing wrong with it of course, just not what I'm looking for nutritional profile wise.

I know of a lot of people who like to use it for "breading" things?

Chillycatmum

@AlexandraCarlyle yes we have, think I was also talking about chicken skins too.

There are times I just need something crunchy and when you are a carnivore these are the best things for that

canadjineh

I have a couple of small bags of them in my cupboard, but truthfully I can't say I would choose them over any other keto snack. In fact I just tasted a couple the other night after toasting them in a 400F oven to try and get rid of the 'porky' taste and I could tell they were rancid. Yuk. There is NO dry crunchy Keto snack other than this. My only real carb weakness (rice cakes, stone ground tortilla chips, etc.)