Pork Scratchings

Yeah I went through a couple of weeks of loving them but now I've gone off them. I noticed all the added ingredients and thought ooooh dodgy. Also some packets you get taste a little stale. I'd rather make it myself. Wonder if the butcher would sell me some pork rind? Hmmm....

Pork scratchings are also packed full of salt. Tasty but not healthy.

I will have the occasional taste,but they always remind me of toenails :lol: :lol: so I never eat a lot of them.

You eat toenails? Your own or other peoples'? :shock:

other peoples ------- you dont want to waste the micro nutrients do you ??

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Dave P

Mmm, Chocfish,you are making me hungry. I used to love pork scratchings but find shop-bought ones a bit too bloomin' hard for my teeth these days. I do like the sound of your carraway, garlic and salt idea though. Yum.

hey there! 1st of all i wana say sorry, BUT DO U GUYS NOE TAT PORK ACTUALLY IS NOT A HEALTHY FOOD TO EAT???? NOT ONLY NOT HEALTHY,BUT IT CAN GET U GUYS FALL SICK BADLY!!!! I'M NOT KIDDING!!!! DO U NOE TAT INSIDE E PORK MEAT,THERE'S WORMS!!!! REALLY!!!! N THESE WORMS R STILL ALIVE EVEN THOUGH E MEAT IS COOKED!!!! REALLY!!!! I AIN'T TALKIN **** WITH U GUYS!!! CAUSE I'VE MAKE A RESERCHED BOUT TIS ANIMAL(PIG). ITS TRUE MAN! EVEN THOUGH E MEAT IS COOOKED IN A HIGH DEGREE TEMP, THESE WORMS R STILL ALIVE!!!! I'M SORRY IF I HURT ANY1 OUT THERE, BUT ITS E FACT!!!

yuk

I was gonna have pork for my sunday lunch but think i'll give a miss now

McDonalds here i come!!!

Juliexx

Hi Castello

What about bacon? Or other pig products, Is there a difference?

Orchid

Castello, sorry but I think you've been misinformed there...

Hi everyone,

Castello has been banned from the forum. He/she has made a number of posts which are extremely misinformed and potentially dangerous. Zero tolerance for that sort of thing I'm afraid.

All the best,

fergus

Actually what Castello said used to be true!I don't know about nowadays but tape worms used to be carried by pigs and did indeed survive cooking.However I assume(dangerous word!) that given better conditions nowadays this does not happen,I hope!

Oh, and for what my opinion is worth,Castillo was a troll.Why would we need any more of those?

sugarless sue said:

Actually what Castello said used to be true!I don't know about nowadays but tape worms used to be carried by pigs and did indeed survive cooking.However I assume(dangerous word!) that given better conditions nowadays this does not happen,I hope!

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Tapeworms are low carb though, so....

Mmhmm. Compost Corner perhaps? The idea has merit.

We'd need volunteers to moderate it I guess. Someone with the calm authority of Nurse Mildred (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest), a battery of powerful prescription medicines and a tazer. OK, I'll do it!

fergus

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men ,Fergus!!

I know what castello is talking about with pork...

There is a worm that used to be found in the skin/flesh of pork, which was very difficult to kill and could cause health issuses when comsumed by human... Rest assured that this isn't the problem that it once was and really hasn't been since before the 80's...

When sudying at college in the early eighties environmental health surrounding food industry was part of my cousre, this worm (I can't remember it's name off hand) was part of our course work, our lectuer's brother-in-law was one of the meat inspectors that passed meat fit for human consumption, she had asked him several years before if he could obtain a sample of this worm... Said due to the improvements made in the walfare of animals who's meat was intended to go for human consumptions and the continual checking of stock at the farm and the slaughter house, that this worm hadn't been seen for many a year...

Considering that was more than 25 years ago, and all meat has to be inspected and passed fit for human consumption (by a very quailified inspector) it doesn't pose a danger or a concern anymore in modern countries...

Or in other words take no notice this information is way out of date bit like the plauge really.

Doc wrote,

Tapeworms are low carb though, so....

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Actually I think they would be low GI (Gut Infestation)!!

When I think about it ,it is the eggs that survive cooking ,not the actual worm.