Pork crackling … yes, I like them very much. FFS! Don’t they know how to make it properly? Bought a bag of it from the local delicatessen counter for £2.30 …

When I was in Thailand the pork crackling I ate was so good I thought I could get some here …

Guess what … it will now cost me at least £800 – £1.2K depending on diagnosis. The bloody thing is so hard it cracked/split/fractured my one of my tooth. Might need a crown for the damage done … dammit!

I have already arranged for an urgent dental appointment to see if my tooth can be saved. Dammit! Hurts like hell now.

Damn! Damn! Damn! Money that I don’t have and money that I can put to good use.

Bloody pork crackling.

😡

Scratchings or crackle?

you should probably give up eating proper food if your teeth aren’t up to it 😈

you do understand regional variations on food right ?

Pigface – Member

Scratchings or crackle?

The local in GeordieLand called it Pork Crackling … well, that’s what I was told anyway. (picture below is only illustration and not the one I bought)

thecaptain – Member

you should probably give up eating proper food if your teeth aren’t up to it

Pork fat is tasty … hmmm … yes, they supposed to be proper food until they have done some serious damage to my tooth. 🙁

trail_rat – Member
you do understand regional variations on food right ?

Pork fat is pork fat … yes, I know the variation but how hard can pork fat be … errmm … very hard apparently. I love pork fat but arrghh … this time … damn!

sandwicheater – Member

I had a dream last night that my tooth was split into half so it dropped off it leaving a big gap in my mouth … 😥

You paid £2.30 for a bag of scratching’s they saw you coming 😆

Those are definitely scratchings. Usually made in Tipton and fried ‘ard as steel…

Pigface – Member

You paid £2.30 for a bag of scratching saw you coming

It’s a big bag of around 300g to 400g not your 90g supermarket light weight you know. Supermarket sell them for around £1 for 70g – 90g depending on brand.

They are proper pork fat … very good and tasty. 🙁

one_happy_hippy – Member

Those are definitely scratchings. Usually made in Tipton and fried ‘ard as steel…

😥 I am going to miss my pork fat love for a while now … I shall miss you pork fat my love …

It’s not just fat, there’s skin too. As you just found out 🙂

thecaptain – Member

It’s not just fat, there’s skin too. As you just found out

Bloody hell … yes, those are exoskeleton pork fat fending off me … 😥

I ended up with pork crunch by mistake once.. like a piggy version of quavers ..OP you might want to try them out with your new nashers

cheekymonkey888 – Member

I ended up with pork crunch by mistake once.. like a piggy version of quavers ..OP you might want to try them out with your new nashers

The one I ate in Thailand I think was pork crunch (judging from the difference in regional cooking) with the hardness of quavers I kid you not. They were soooo tasty … hhhhmmm … it was so niceee. It’s like eating the forgotten food. I know my grandma could cook them nicely but the one I ate in Thailand was out of this world. Pork fat rules!

😛

I’ve never heard of pork crunch. Are you saying it has the heavenly piggy taste of scratchings without the ensuing need for emergency dentistry?

*drools*

EDIT: look what I just found!!!!

I had a dream last night that my tooth was split into half so it dropped off it leaving a big gap in my mouth …

If this incident happened after that dream then you only have yourself to blame.

Also, if true, then you appear to have the same ability as DezB. A minor super power or some such…

teasel – Member

I had a dream last night that my tooth was split into half so it dropped off it leaving a big gap in my mouth …

If this incident happened after that dream then you only have yourself to blame. [/quote]

It was after I noticed my tooth has damaged that I started to dream about it last night. This is because yesterday night I realised that not only I may loose a tooth I may also incur unnecessary cost all due to craving for pork fat … arrghh …

If it was before I would have avoided it …

🙁

MrNice – Member

I’ve never heard of pork crunch. Are you saying it has the heavenly piggy taste of scratchings without the ensuing need for emergency dentistry?

*drools*

EDIT: look what I just found!!!!

🙁 … I am going to give it a miss for a while until I have something similar to Jaws (from James Bond).

Mr Nice if you have the right card they are available here too

I broke a tooth in half on a pork scratching over a decade ago. I loved the bloody things but not been able to face them since.

Given the cost and the fact I was skint at the time, I just had the dentist sedate me and rip the tooth out.

The local in GeordieLand called it Pork Crackling

Pork Crackling!

It’s Pig Lugs or Pork Scratchings.

Must have been a southerner.

Those pork crunches are not anything that resembles scratchings.