cracklins
Crispy pork bits
Cracklins are crispy pieces of pork skin with some fat attached, fried or roasted until crunchy.
A Southern specialty, they're eaten as a snack or used to flavor dishes like cornbread.
The term is dialectal, favored in the American South; elsewhere they're usually called cracklings.
She crumbled cracklins into the batter.
Fried pork skin snack
- porkPig as food
- skinBody's outer layer
- fatbackPig's back adipose
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
grease · deep-fry · sizzle · golden · lardons · scratchings · kettle · skillet
Brittle and snapping
- crunchyBreaking with sound
- brittleLiable to shatter
- crunchCrushing, grinding noise
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
shatter · snap · crumbling · airy · puffy · light · crispness · bubbly
chicharrones
Fried pork skin snack
rendering · grease · deep-fry · sizzle · golden · lardons · scratchings · kettle · skillet · cauldron
crispy
Brittle and snapping
flaky · shatter · snap · crumbling · airy · puffy · light · crispness · bubbly · layered
rinds
Tough outer coverings
- munchiesSnacks or craving them
- nibblesTakes small bites
- bite-sizedSmall enough for one mouthful
snacking · treat · appetizer · seasoned · salted · spicy · barbecue · savory · flavorful · crunchy
Cajun
Louisiana's French descendants
po'boy · jambalaya · etouffee · collards · catfish · hushpuppies · okra · beignets · andouille · Louisiana
- Southern friedfried chicken, fried catfish, fried okra, fried green tomatoes, hush puppies
- Louisiana cuisinegumbo, jambalaya, crawfish, etouffee, beignets
- Cajun LouisianaAcadiana, Cajun, bayou, crawfish, Cajun culture
- Pioneer Foodshardtack, cornbread, biscuits, beef jerky, salt pork
- AcadianaLafayette, Acadiana, Cajun country, Cajun culture, Cajun music
- cured meatsbacon, ham steak, pancetta, prosciutto, salami
cracklinskale chips
Baked cruciferous snack
celery sticks · health food · carrot sticks · rice cakes · steamed vegetables
cracklinscaviar
Cured fish eggs
foie gras · haute cuisine · fine dining · amuse-bouche · truffles
- crackling fireBurning wood that pops
- pork cracklingCrisp-cooked swine rind
- fire cracklingSound of burning logs