Quote: DaButt @ 21st July 2016, 1:10 PM BST

I'd always assumed that pork rinds and your scratchings were the same thing, but maybe I'm wrong. They aren't very popular snacks in most states, but we have a large Mexican population and they love them. They call them chicharrónes.

They aren't really bacon-flavored, though. Maybe want you want is something like this?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-Crunchy-Bacon-Crackling/?ALLSTEPS

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I think you are right rinds/scratchings except the latter has all the "bits" left on them (see above) and your link is about cooking bacon rinds, which is not the same thing as I remember..............No, it looks like I will never know what they were and be unable to taste them again as it seems to be a snack that has disappeared into the mists of time sadly. Damn!!

They were like short strips (1" to 2") of say streaky bacon that has been made to explode in a very high temperature oil.

I assume you don't mean these?

Oh, you already mentioned it not being them.
They're yummy either way!

Quote: zooo @ 22nd July 2016, 9:48 AM BST

I assume you don't mean these?

Oh, you already mentioned it not being them.
They're yummy either way!

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Yes, and that is what they looked like although not so uniform, being real pieces of bacon.

*slaver/drool* I want some now!!

bacon jerky?

(and no that isn't the only expression I know in Thai)

Quote: sootyj @ 22nd July 2016, 10:13 AM BST

bacon jerky?

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Oooooh!! Now we are getting somewhere, and thank you sootyj! Has been 40+ years since I last saw/ate these and what you show there could well be what I am looking for - can we buy that in the UK?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Freshers-Bacon-Jerky-Original-packs/dp/B00CLB1XHU

yeh but its seriously expensive!

Quote: sootyj @ 22nd July 2016, 11:53 AM BST

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Freshers-Bacon-Jerky-Original-packs/dp/B00CLB1XHU

yeh but its seriously expensive!

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Yersss

Cashews. The leading nut.

My neighbor just brought over some bacon-wrapped pork loin that her husband smoked for 5 hours. It's tender, juicy and delicious. She also brought over a big hunk of hummingbird cake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_cake

Breakfast of champions!

MMmmm, frostingggg.

Quote: zooo @ 10th August 2016, 5:09 PM

MMmmm, frostingggg.

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My other neighbor sells all sorts of cupcakes and yesterday she brought over some sort of mini cupcakes on sticks that were covered in frosting and then dipped in chocolate.

<3 <3 <3

Made a soup, it went wrong, now I have no soup and I'm hungry.

Quote: Lee @ 10th August 2016, 7:48 PM

Made a soup, it went wrong, now I have no soup and I'm hungry.

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How did it go wrong?

I'm eating a sticky date pudding with cream and rum and raisin ice cream. None of which I made.

It had sweet potato in it and they weren't cooked as much as I had thought, so when I blended it the texture was weird. No amount of cooking or blending could make it right.