pork scratchings

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small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks

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How to use pork scratchings in a sentence

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the pork is resting, heat a large, heavy-bottomed pan over medium-high heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hitchcock's going on about English pork butchers and how best to prepare pork cracklings.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Infection in man occurs from ingestion of insufficiently cooked pork, which contains encysted embryos.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Perhaps she doesnt care for pork and potatoes, my friend, laughed the lady, eyeing Mr. Chumley whimsically.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The "scratchings" and "knocks" were only heard when Parson's little daughter was in bed.
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts|George Cruikshank
He was a fat man—eating roast pork, and apple-sauce, and mashed potatoes, and bread.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Pork maun hae risen in price this last twa-three days, for I'm telt it was gaun cheap enough then.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh