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nocoincidences

(2,466 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:21 PM Jan 5

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Chicharrones [View all]

I used to get them fresh cooked in Texas.

I am in Virginia now and the concept of fried pork rinds is not really understandable.

I've been trying to find them to order but a lot of sellers add stuff into the product that is not fried pork rinds.
Does anyone have a brand that is reliably the pork rinds I have loved for years?

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Chicharrones [View all] nocoincidences Jan 5 OP

Food Lion DuranDuranDUme Jan 5 #1

My granmother made them when I was a kid, but we called them 'cracklings'. ... marble falls Jan 5 #2

I would think cracklings would be readily available back east Kali Jan 6 #7

Not really. Chicharrones became some sort of a diet food and became popular even in Ohio. Cracklins were ... marble falls Jan 6 #8

Chicharrones... ultralite001 Jan 5 #3

I buy Clancy's Chicharrones pork rinds at Aldi's. Emile Jan 5 #4

Try your local Hispanic markets awesomerwb1 Jan 5 #5

Try making fresh from chicken skin JoseBalow Jan 5 #6

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