Yes...lovely crunchy golden pork rinds. I've for some unknown reason been agonizing over what to write for my first post. And then it came to me as I was snacking....pork rinds... but not just the rinds, how about pork? How many various preperations does this humble animal provide us? It's not just about our mothers dried out grey pork chops we all grew up with. Those were a bloddy disgrace to the pig. I mean, how many times does a poor animal have to die before it reaches our kitchen dining tables?
Pork, quite possibly one of the finest animals walking this earth to eat. Think about the sausages with many spices, the tenderloins soft, lean, and juicy, pork belly with its crispy skin, let's not forget the bacon. Sweet smokey bacon...does it get any better? How about the age? Anyone ever taste a perfectly roasted suckling pig? Sure we all grew up on the beef, chicken diet. And it was okay, I just think that we, as a society, have overlooked one very delicious animal.
"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living." - Anthony Bourdain
