When I make pork rinds myself, or I buy the fresh ones in Mexican markets, they are always thick and dense…which makes sense, given that pig skin is pretty thick and dense.
So what do commercial producers do to produce the feather-light, fluffy snacks that Frito Lay calls Baken-Ets?
The only thing I can think of is that they use some kind of really bitchen super-sharp blade to slice teh skin into extremely thin layers… btu I have no clue if I’m right.
Do any of the Teeming Millions know? the question burns at me…
I know it may LOOk like I’m not doing anything, but at the cellular level, I’m actually quite busy,
Do you like bacon? There isn’t that much difference.
I’ve always liked pork rinds, but I am particularly fond of them these days because I am on the Carb Addicts diet, and they are my only tasty salty snack option during the 23 hours a day that I can only eat protein and low-carb vegetables.
Baken-Ets are indeed pork rinds. I forget whether it is Frito Lay or some lesser manufacturer that helfully explains: “Fried out pork fat with attached skin” making them sound oh-so-yummy. Even though I know that’s exactly what they are, it still sounds gruseome.
Although not nearly so gruesome as the more homemade varieties can often be. On more than one occasion I have purchased the heavy duty Mexican butcher version, called Chicharrones, and found as I was gnawing away that I was staring at HAIR poking out of my tasty snack. Thick, rigid hair. YUMMY! Hozat for a reminder of what you’re eating, eh?
Has anyone tried the microwavable Pork Rinds ? They list as ingredients, among other things, Pork Rinds , I’m not kidding. They nuke out puffy and crispy, and taste better than the bagged ones, YMMV. Diet Stats: 2g (0 sat) fat per 1/2oz serving and 60 cal (15 from fat)
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Yes, Oblio, they came in a package that looks like microwave popcorn, but I don’t remember the brand. The store where I bought them had them once and never again, and I never got around to asking about restocking them. Now you’ve got me craving them again.
Columbus, OH. I bought them in a drug store that has their food stocked by an outside supplier. Here’s a web site that sells them; I don’t know if they are the same brand or not that I’ve tried.
Gilligan: YOU RULE! (Gives gilligan a big fat kiss) That place ROCKS! i’m on a low-carb diet, man, and that is exactly what I was looking for! The new home page for the site: http://www.low-carb.com/
COOL BEANS!
I just ordered $50 worth of stuff I’d been looking for! Thanks!
Thanks, Stoidela, and you’re welcome! Hope you enjoy the low-carb diet. I tried Atkins; I lost weight but I couldn’t stay on it. Being Irish I needed my potatoes.
That’s the brand (Bacon Curls) that I had. One note, they don’t pop like corn so be careful, the aural feedback during cooking is much less pronounced. The last thing you want is burnt pork skin vapor in your house :o
Haven’t had any in years, but as a kid my mother used to bake whole hams (skin on) and there was nothing better than a big hunk o’ that crispy/crunchy/chewey pig skin! My mouth is watering!
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