Oso's Cantina

[Canelo_Kid]

In tribute to Oso we are renaming the Cantina to Oso's Cantina.

The Cantina will not replace Oso's Outhouse and will not be a political forum but just a meeting place to share stories amoung SOH Family members.
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[robconroy]

Happy days, Canelo. Mines a pint, cheers!:icon29:

[Real Old Salt]

four fingers of Wild Turkey please. Got any pickled eggs?

Thanks CK.

[robconroy]

And a packet of Pork Scratchings.

[Real Old Salt]

And a packet of Pork Scratchings.

?? whatz "Pork Scratchings"

[robconroy]

Ahhh...

they're really bad for you. Deep fried salted bits of pig skin & fat.

Sound nice?

Actually they're just a snacky version of pork crackling like you get on a bit of roast pork. they range in texture from really light & crispy to toothbreakingly hard. Avoid if you have dentures or expensive dental work. I've heard folks in the States talk of Pork Rinds, don't know if they're the same thing.:p:

[Real Old Salt]

Ahhh...

they're really bad for you. Only if you're young and want to live to 100.:costumes:
Deep fried salted bits of pig skin & fat.

Sound nice?

Actually they're just a snacky version of pork crackling like you get on a bit of roast pork. they range in texture from really light & crispy to toothbreakingly hard. Avoid if you have dentures or expensive dental work. I've heard folks in the States talk of Pork Rinds, don't know if they're the same thing.
Same thing,or Pork Skins. They go well with a cold one
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[robconroy]

Yes, they do, thanks very much, I'll have a pint of Bombardier.:icon29:

[Willy]

Ahhh...

they're really bad for you. Deep fried salted bits of pig skin & fat.

Sound nice?

Actually they're just a snacky version of pork crackling like you get on a bit of roast pork. they range in texture from really light & crispy to toothbreakingly hard. Avoid if you have dentures or expensive dental work. I've heard folks in the States talk of Pork Rinds, don't know if they're the same thing.:p:

Yep same thing. Love 'em. Especially the spicy hot ones. I think they're called chiccorones south of the border.

[robconroy]

OOHH, Spicy ones, can't get them over here, they sound scrummy. MMMMMMMMHMM Pork.

[von Bek]

Lest we forget that in the south, pork is a condiment...

My family is largely based in Georgia and it's ham with everything over there.

[Ickie]

I have a uncle who lives in texas and in his back yard is a oil well pumping, he is from the old world of things, with open windows "who needs air condition" he always says, 3 years ago when I last visited he even had the chickens running on his kitchen table, (no screens on the open windows) lol, he just swatted them off and yelled "get out of here, I'll have you for supper". I was the only person who ever took a picture of him. he never had a driver's licence & road a horse drawn trailer to town. Cars were a waste of money and cost too much, "You can buy a farm for what they cost" he would say. as I remember he did not have a tractor either, living off that oil well, when he dies i may be in his will, he never married and has no children and all his brothers and sister, (my mom) are dead, but he always liked me.
He raised pigs too, and when he butchered them he would save the skin and salt them down and deep fry the pieces, cracklin's he called them, ommm, they were good. The chickens gave him eggs, and he would hard boil them and put them in a 1 gallon jar with vingar, and always had a Jim Bean bottle on the table, now this is True Texas Living.

[Real Old Salt]

I have a uncle who lives in texas and in his back yard is a oil well pumping, he is from the old world of things, with open windows "who needs air condition" he always says, 3 years ago when I last visited he even had the chickens running on his kitchen table, (no screens on the open windows) lol, he just swatted them off and yelled "get out of here, I'll have you for supper". I was the only person who ever took a picture of him. he never had a driver's licence & road a horse drawn trailer to town. Cars were a waste of money and cost too much, "You can buy a farm for what they cost" he would say. as I remember he did not have a tractor either, living off that oil well, when he dies i may be in his will, he never married and has no children and all his brothers and sister, (my mom) are dead, but he always liked me.
He raised pigs too, and when he butchered them he would save the skin and salt them down and deep fry the pieces, cracklin's he called them, ommm, they were good. The chickens gave him eggs, and he would hard boil them and put them in a 1 gallon jar with vingar, and always had a Jim Bean bottle on the table, now this is True Texas Living.
Damn! my kind of people!:icon29:
What did he smoke? Pipe,cigars,store bought or rolled his own?

[Ickie]

rolled bugler

[Real Old Salt]

felt it in my bones, you were either going to say that or bull durham. Not enough of his kind left.

[Sailor]

You talking about pork skins or fatback? Now fatback can be fried, best eaten with some bread, or tossed in other things to season it.

[CH_OldZeke]

Sounds more like pork skins.
When I was a kid we raised hogs. After the hams were cured we'd skin them and bake the skin in the oven. Good eats :)

Talkin about good eats, some jowl bacon would be good right now:D

[robconroy]

I have a uncle who lives in texas and in his back yard is a oil well pumping, he never had a driver's licence & road a horse drawn trailer to town. as I remember he did not have a tractor either, living off that oil well
He raised pigs too, and when he butchered them he would save the skin and salt them down and deep fry the pieces, cracklin's he called them, ommm, they were good. The chickens gave him eggs, and he would hard boil them and put them in a 1 gallon jar with vingar, and always had a Jim Bean bottle on the table, now this is True Texas Living.

My maternal grandad, Opa, had a farm in Steirmark, Austria. Raised a few chickens, cows & goats, but lots of piggies, cos nothing much gets eaten over there without some kind of pig product. He did somthing similar when he butchered his hogs, or should I say he got Oma to do it. My mum reckons she made them lighter than air & crispier than a crispy thing. She even did something similar with the ears.

he did have a tractor, & used to ride it everywhere, when it was a family day out he used to hitch up a flatbed trailer & cart the family (Oma, 5 Daughters & 4 sons) to the local village on it. The only other thing he drove with an engine was the Panzer he rode in the little bit of nastiness we had 39-45. When he got back, the Ruskies were in occupation & had stripped the farm bare, even took th pots, pans, the stove & the crockery.

Never knew him that well, he died when I was 3, closely followed by Oma, butaccording to mum, he rolled his own, & always had a bottle of Schnapps ready to go.

He made oil in the backyard too, but it was pumpkin seed oil. My cousin still has the press & makes some every autumn.

The same, but different, eh Ickie?

[Ken Stallings]

Pork rinds, cracklings are the pure skin which is fried.

Salt pork, fatback is a different cut of pork. It has some meat, but mostly the fat layers which are inside the skin.

My grandfather had a smokehouse and raised hogs and farmed a small plot with a mule and a plow. No kidding. I even had the honor to name the last mule he purchased. I chose, Daisy!

And yes, he got a staw hat for the mule and put a plastic flower in it to complete the theme!

Looking back on it now, it was merely a connection to a bygone era which I had the honor to witness in the wee years of my life. Today, my own children wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about if I even tried to explain it to them. Memories like that you simply carry with you. And perhaps my own children will have their own quaint memories such as these.

Ken

[Scratch]

In south Louisiana we call that stuff Cracklins. It also goes by a more accurate appellation "Heart Attack in a Sack". They are delicious, but will kill you deader than a doorknob eventually. And with most other food here they go really good with........:icon29: