Let's Hear it for Pork Rinds, the 'healthy' junk food now!

[24Fan]

Originally Posted by somethingblue2u

I OD'ed on Cinnamon Pork Crunch this weekend.

me too. Gotta quit it for a while LOL

Mark, those are perfect directions!!

[24Fan]

Originally Posted by sassy40

how do i make a cream cheese dip?

I love cream cheese on pork rinds, good nighttime snack or when others are eating chips and dip.

I soften some cc, then add a bit of 1/2 & 1/2 just to thin it a bit. Add dried onions, dill and celery salt. yummo. LOTS of dill.

Or like Met said, smoked salmon is yummy too, just cut up bits of it and add to the above mix.

[FloridaShell]

Oh pork rinds, I use to love them. But my first time l/cing cured me of that!

[SashimiMark]

I'm not that thrilled with them plain, or even dipped in something. I mean, if I'm in the mood for crunch, they are perfect. But the cpc is awesome, and I still like using them as a breading or as the "flour" in waffles.

[lilymo]

I'm so scared to try cpc, I have to admit. Scared But I want to trust you all that have tried it and now love it.

[SashimiMark]

Haha. What's to be afraid of? It really DOES taste good. Heck, just make a very small portion and give it a try. What do you have to lose?

[cbabe]

Originally Posted by sassy40

how do i make a cream cheese dip?

buy cream cheese

open

place in microwave safe bowl

place in microwave for 30 seconds

viola!

hope that helps

[lilymo]

Originally Posted by SashimiMark

Haha. What's to be afraid of? It really DOES taste good. Heck, just make a very small portion and give it a try. What do you have to lose?

Stop laughing at me

[SashimiMark]

I'm not laughing AT you! See, I'm laughing WITH you. Go eat some cpc!

[wifezilla]

Just go to Recipezaar: Where the World's Recipes Are and type in CREAM CHEESE DIP and you will get a couple of million recipes

Check a couple out and try to find one without carby ingredients. Or even add LOW CARB to your search terms. There are quite a few low carbers contributing recipes to that site.

[lilymo]

Ok, I'll try it, but I only have a bag of cracklin's. But I can pick out the smaller puffy ones...I'll report back IF I try it. I mean, WHEN I try it.

[SashimiMark]

Good luck

[Determinedtolose]

If you sprinkle some unsweetened cocoa in the splenda cinnamon, it's good!

[LindaSue]

Originally Posted by lilymo

Ok, I'll try it, but I only have a bag of cracklin's. But I can pick out the smaller puffy ones...I'll report back IF I try it. I mean, WHEN I try it.

I bought some today that are called pork fatback curls. They're very crunchy bite-size bits (some of them almost look like curly fries) and I think would make perfect "cereal". I just might have to try them in some CPC.

[lilymo]

Originally Posted by LindaSue

I bought some today that are called pork fatback curls. They're very crunchy bite-size bits (some of them almost look like curly fries) and I think would make perfect "cereal". I just might have to try them in some CPC.

Ok, LindaSue you go first

[SashimiMark]

Cowards

[wifezilla]

I did it

I poured some cream in to a bowl, added cinnamon and some liquid splenda, crunched up a couple of pork rinds and ate it. It was GOOD and really did remind me of CTC. I only added a few at a time so they wouldn't get too soggy. I even made hubby try it. He liked it too

[lilymo]

Wifezilla

[SashimiMark]

Woot! Now I'm not suggesting that people eat CPC all the time. But it has made me SO happy to be able to have a bowl of these a couple times a week for breakfast.

[lilymo]

Ok! Here goes...I finally made a bowl, I did pick out the fluffier ones to eat, not the harder crunchy cracklin' ones. Ok, pouring the milk...lemme take a bite...
wow!! I can taste a porkie taste, but not too too bad. Hmm, taste like sweetened PR in milk.

ETA: ok, I want to thank you all for the rave reviews about the CPC but I'm sorry, I couldn't finish it. But at least I can say I gave it a whirl and shirk the "coward" label from sashimimark

[LindaSue]

Originally Posted by lilymo

Ok, LindaSue you go first

I had some last night and the fatback curls worked great but then I already knew that I liked pork rind crunch. They made that snap, crackle and pop like regular pork rinds do when added to cream. Heres's what those crazy fatback curls look like:

[SashimiMark]

Haha. Well, I stand by my endorsement of Cinnamon Pork Crunch. I think it's awesome.

[lilymo]

Ok, now I DO like the cin/splenda/melted butter poured over, just the milk added didn't appeal to me. So can I still be in the Pork Rind Crunch club?
And LindaSue, those look good, mine were small and crunchy.

[SashimiMark]

Hey, I've been thinking about whipping the heavy cream with the cinnamon and splenda, and then dipping the pork rinds in that. I've yet to try pouring heavy cream over the pork rinds, so can't say whether I'd like that either. I've been using Almond Breeze.

[lilymo]

I think they need to be coated though...but that does sound yummy. Anything dipped in sweetened whipped cream does though.

[SashimiMark]

Absolutely. As far as I'm concerned, that's a requirement for the CPC as well. Be it heavy cream or almond breeze, or whatever.

[wifezilla]

It would be kind of like dipping a cookie in milk :P

It would solve the soggies issue.

I checked the carton, and it WAS heavy whipping cream that I used.

Tasted fine to me!

[somethingblue2u]

I like my CPC soggy. Delicious. I like cereal soggy too.