Lard, Cracklins and bacon.

[Baglady]

I think the pictures speak for themselves. It took 5 hours to cook down all the fat, thereby making cracklins. Our friend in the picture kept us on task. This bacon is some of that I brined. It is good, but we wont be able to cold smoke any this year. The temps have gotten too warm.

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[Baglady]

That's almost 5 gallons of lard. We shared some.

[MI.oldguy]

Yum!.

[Arklatex]

Oh yea! Ain't nothing better than fresh cracklins and a cold beer!

[Inor]

I discovered southern cracklin's about 10-15 years ago. Oh hell yeah! I'm jealous!

[hawgrider]

I think the pictures speak for themselves. It took 5 hours to cook down all the fat, thereby making cracklins. Our friend in the picture kept us on task. This bacon is some of that I brined. It is good, but we wont be able to cold smoke any this year. The temps have gotten too warm.

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1997Cracklins and fatbacks are absolutely fantastic. Nice work!

[Dwight55]

I discovered southern cracklin's about 10-15 years ago. Oh hell yeah! I'm jealous!

Don't be jealous, . . . get you a black iron pot off Ebay, . . . head down to the butcher shop for some fat, . . . build a fire, . . . lean back and look at the sky, . . .

Just listen for the sizzle,..............

Yeah, . . . it's good............

OR, . . . do like I do, . . . put the fat in the crock pot and go to bed. It'll be ready the next morning when you get up :chef:

May God bless,
Dwight

[Arklatex]

Way back in the day when I worked at the precast concrete plant the Mexican guys would do a whole pig every year for new year's. They'd bring a live pig to the plant and kill it. Then they cooked it in the ground all day. Anyway they also made chicharones. It's the Mexican version of cracklins. It's a lil different but really good. If you can find a real Mexican meat market (called a carniceria) they sell them there. Yall should try em if you get the chance. Might be worth looking into how to make them too.

[Baglady]

Oh yea! Ain't nothing better than fresh cracklins and a cold beer!

We spread the love (and calories) around with the cracklins too. I actually don't care for them, but then, I am a Buckeye, not a true southerner.:p

[Sparkyprep]

I love me some hot and spicy pork rhines. Especially fresh.

[Targetshooter]

You got to love southern food "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good "

[Baglady]

You got to love southern food "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good "
I do. As long as someone who's Southern cooks it! :thumb:

[Deebo]

Mmmmm. I have them about once a month.