cracklin
Crispy pork rind
Cracklin is the crispy, rendered skin of roasted pork, popular in Southern cooking.
The term usually refers to small pieces of fried pork skin with some fat attached, eaten as a snack or used in cooking: cornbread with cracklins.
The spelling without the final g reflects regional pronunciation.
Also spelled crackling.
Fried pork skin snack
- pork rindsFried pig skin
- scratchingsMarks from dragging claws
- greavesFried fat residue
- rindsTough outer coverings
lechon · fatback · bacon · lardons · carnitas · hock · trotter · smoked
Breaking with sound
- snapSudden sharp sound
- brittleLiable to shatter
- crispnessSnappy, firm texture
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
crunch · flaky · shards · crumbled · fragmented · splinter · breakable · granular
Creole roots music
- boudinRice-stuffed pork casing
- LouisianaGulf Coast pelican state
- AcadianaCajun cultural region
- roadside standInformal outdoor vending booth
Cajun cuisine · Mardi Gras · Cajun music · jambalaya · bayou
Cooked submerged in fat
- renderedDepicted or processed
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- sizzleSound of frying
- greaseThick oily lubricant
golden · skillet · spatter · lard · tallow · puffed · cooking
Snacks or craving them
- nibblesTakes small bites
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- chipsThin fried slices
- gas stationRetail fuel vendor
bar snack · roadside · convenience store · tailgate · salty · crunchy · bagged · seasoned
Uneven surface quality
- brittlenessProne to snapping
- crunchinessQuality of snapping underfoot
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
bumpiness · grittiness · flakiness · jaggedness · unevenness · pitted · bubbly · puffed
chicharrones
Fried pork skin snack
- pork rindsFried pig skin
- scratchingsMarks from dragging claws
- greavesFried fat residue
rinds · lechon · fatback · bacon · lardons · carnitas · hock · trotter · smoked · salted
crunchy
Breaking with sound
shatter · crunch · flaky · shards · crumbled · fragmented · splinter · breakable · granular
zydeco
Creole roots music
roadside stand · Cajun cuisine · Mardi Gras · Cajun music · jambalaya · bayou
deep-fried
Cooked submerged in fat
grease · golden · skillet · spatter · lard · tallow · puffed · cooking
munchies
Snacks or craving them
bar snack · gas station · roadside · convenience store · tailgate · salty · crunchy · bagged · seasoned · addictive
roughness
Uneven surface quality
- brittlenessProne to snapping
- crunchinessQuality of snapping underfoot
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
ridges · bumpiness · grittiness · flakiness · jaggedness · unevenness · pitted · bubbly · puffed · airy
- pork snackspork rinds, chicharrones, bacon bits, pork jerky, bacon jerky
- Southern Ingredientscollard greens, cornmeal, grits, ham hock, okra
- Carolina Barbecuepulled pork, whole hog, vinegar sauce, pork shoulder, smoke ring
- folk food termscomfort food, soul food, home cooking, peasant food, rustic bread
cracklinhealth food
Nutrient-dense dietary choices
salad · steamed vegetables · tofu · lean meat · vegetables
- crackling fireBurning wood that pops
- snap crackle popThree sharp sounds
- pork cracklingCrisp-cooked swine rind
- vinyl crackleAnalog playback interference sound
- fire cracklingSound of burning logs
- fire crackleSound of burning wood