PrintPhoto of the Day: Pork Cracklins From Porchetta
Photograph from gastrodamus on Flickr
I clicked on the thumbnail for gastrodamus' photo not knowing what it was. And then the bounty was revealed: pork cracklins from Porchetta in the East Village.
Yup, those are chunks of outer pig fat in a hazy, heavenly glow. And yup, that's the sound of my stomach weeping.
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6 Comments:
I need a better camera. The pork I cooked last night was out of control crackling-y.
simon at 6:40PM on 08/06/09
I love me some cracklins. You gotta toss them lightly in some Tony's... ummm. Cajun goodness.
happyeats at 6:42PM on 08/06/09
Can I be a total prig and say that those aren't exactly cracklins? As good as they may look, they appear pretty flabby; not exactly the shatteringly crisp bits that one signs up for when in search of real crackling.
Ernie Diamond at 9:10AM on 08/07/09
good eye, ernie. there was another chunk behind this one that appeared a lot crispier.
i'd love it if porchetta offered cracklins in a paper cone, almost like a bag of chips. now that would make everyone's stomach weep.
gastrodamus at 9:50AM on 08/07/09
The last time I went to Porchetta, they ran out of meat right around when I finished eating. They were getting ready to put another one into the display case. There were however many shards of skin and little pieces of meat, shrapnel from the previous porchetta, accumulated at the bottom of the case's pans. I asked the guy at the counter if I could have all these sweepings for $5. He smiled and accepted. I was in crackling, fatty heaven.
simon at 10:05AM on 08/07/09
*uses mop to swiftly wipe up drewl from keyboard*
hungrychristel at 1:06PM on 08/07/09