The Taste of Home
I know we’re getting close to the Black Country. I just bought a packet of scratchings. Scratchings are pork rinds, similar to the Hispanic chicharrón, but tougher and greasier, and still with the occasional bristle attached. As the pork scratching fan site HairyBarSnacks.com says, they are only for people with strong healthy teeth. They are a common pub food in the West Midlands. My favorite brand when I was a kid was Ernie Round’s, but they seem to have gone…