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pork rind

[ pawrk rahynd ]

noun

  1. a small, crisp piece of deep-fried pork skin, seasoned and usually eaten cold as a snack:

    New to the food scene at this year’s festival will be kettle corn, pork rinds, beef jerky, and gourmet coffee.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pork rind1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

The question has sparked a bizarre discussion about some of England’s favourite snacks: fries, chips and pork scratchings - roasted pork rind - do not count as a meal, according to a government minister quizzed on the status of the delicacies.

From Reuters

At breakfast, a bowl of congee, thick with squid, char siu, and translucent curls of pork rind and topped with peanuts, is so hearty it will leave you with room for little else, which is just as well—the dim sum is better elsewhere.

Florida State Fair: Deep-fried quarter pound of mozzarella cheese on a stick, red beans and rice funnel cake with smoked sausage, deep-fried scallops and angel hair pasta with lobster sauce on a stick, pork rind nachos with jalapenos.

Unlike the flash-fried pork skin or pork rind of the same name, Salvadoran chicharrón requires time.

There was espardeña, or sea cucumber, stuffed with sobrassada sausage and paired with a “pork rind” made from the sea cucumber’s skin.

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