pork rind

[ pawrk rahynd ]

noun

1. a small, crisp piece of deep-fried pork skin, seasoned and usually eaten cold as a snack:

   New to the food scene at this year’s festival will be kettle corn, pork rinds, beef jerky, and gourmet coffee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pork rind¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The question has sparked a bizarre discussion about some of England’s favourite snacks: fries, chips and pork scratchings - roasted pork rind - do not count as a meal, according to a government minister quizzed on the status of the delicacies.

From Reuters

At breakfast, a bowl of congee, thick with squid, char siu, and translucent curls of pork rind and topped with peanuts, is so hearty it will leave you with room for little else, which is just as well—the dim sum is better elsewhere.

From The New Yorker

Florida State Fair: Deep-fried quarter pound of mozzarella cheese on a stick, red beans and rice funnel cake with smoked sausage, deep-fried scallops and angel hair pasta with lobster sauce on a stick, pork rind nachos with jalapenos.

From Washington Times

Unlike the flash-fried pork skin or pork rind of the same name, Salvadoran chicharrón requires time.

From New York Times

Hazel Motes, O’Connor’s Evangelical hero, wears a blue suit and a black hat and has white skin that crackles like pork rind in the hot Southern sun.

From The New Yorker