Pork Scratchings

I was born and bred in England, and moved to the USA 19 years ago, and absolutely missed pork scratchings. I have tried them all out here. Pork rinds, Mexican chicharron’s, and so on, and NOTHING comes close to the British style pork scratchings.Prior to ordering these, I read several reviews that these are just the extremely tiny packets, which made me contemplate my ordering these. But after a while, I said what the heck, let’s just order them to refresh my memory from back home.Well, the order arrived and the packets aren’t that small at all!!!! And each packet is PACKED and full of flavor. I literally just got these delivered to my door 30 mins ago and already I’ve been through 7 packets and a 6 pack of beer 😎.Although these aren’t healthy, but they’re just so god damn good to not eat.The price is certainly worth the quantity, and I got an extra packet added into my order for the same price (thank you :-)I am a customer for life!!

My family was stationed in England via the USAF in the 1980's. We lived off base (what they called, "on the economy") and a block from a nice village pub. My dad would go every other Saturday night while me, my siblings, and my mom would have family movie night at home. My dad would ask all of us kids which pub snacks he wanted us to bring home. My choice was always pork scratchings. Sunday morning we would awake to see our treats laid out for us on the dining room table.Now, I live back in the USA and have tried so many different pork rinds, scratchings, etc but have yet to come across an authentically British version of these. The Mexican ones are close but still not the same. I'm so happy to have finally found some here on Amazon.Mr. Porky Pork Scratchings are the real deal!! Crunchy on the outside, chewy/soft inside and filled with lots of flavor. They are a tad on the salty side but they make for an excellent every-now-and-then snack.I told my dad about them and he's happily looking forward to me shipping some to him soon.I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a quality pork scratching. Whether you have memories from the UK or have never tried them and would like to give it a go, this is the brand I would recommend.

Man, there is so much that is wrong with pork scratchings, and I love them for every single thing.First, this product is not at all the same as pork rinds as you know them in the States. If you buy pork scratchings thinking they are the same, you will be revolted. If - like me, when I first came here - you buy pork rinds thinking they are the same as pork scratchings, you will be depressed at the state of modern humanity.Both products are made from pigs, and both taste of pork. There the resemblance ends.Now, my memory is that these used to be called pork crackling back in the day, a traditional British snack that you bought in the pub with a beer, or loosely packed in plastic bags from old-school butchers. But everyone called them pork scratchings, and the manufacturers fell into line some time ago.You do not want to think about why we called them pork scratchings, or about what they are, or what they look like. All you need to know is that they are delicious.What you get is a whole bunch of teeny, tiny packets of triple-fried pork skins. Little lumps of massive salted pork flavor from the skin and occasional flecks of meat, and supercharged umami from the generous coating of fat on each piece. In the butchers' version you could also sometimes find bonus treats like triple-fried hair or pig's nipple, but I've not found those here (shame!). It's the flavor, the umami, and the salt that you're buying here, and as I see it, in each teeny tiny packet you get twice as much flavor as in a big bag of US-style pork rinds. It's a bargain.To put it another way; you know those roasted seaweed snacks you can get from Korea? Healthy, delicate and nicely balanced whispers that melt in your mouth? British pork scratchings are the precise opposite of that.Have I mentioned the crunch? It's a great crunch. So good in fact, and so strong, that you won't even notice if you break a tooth when biting down. (Which was a distinct risk when eating pork scratchings back in the day. They seem to have pulled back a bit on the modern crunch. I blame dentists for that.)I love them and you will too (I'm assuming you're not a vegetarian if you're reading this review).You have been warned.

The packets that arrived were a gold and black color, not white as the product image showed. However, they were still the correct product, and all within sell-by date. Perhaps a little more air in each bag compared to the actual product than I'd have liked, but still delicious and authentic. Note that due to the nature of the product, they don't 'share' as well as more conventional commercially produced snacks that are of a more uniform nature. In each bag you might get 2 or 3 really good pieces with the fat attached, and the rest are more crumbled bits. Best to share by giving a whole bag to someone than having them share yours, or they might not get the good parts. I tried them around the office, since the Americans here hadn't tasted these before ( US 'pork rinds' are more like UK prawn-crackers, except pork flavoured ). Opinions varied, 2 people weren't keen but the other 2 thought they were incredible. I'll be buying more for sure, hard to stop eating them. Caution: You need good strong teeth for these, as it says on the packet.

I was not as pleased, as I thought I would be. I purchased these from the UK (I'm originally from there) I live in the US now. They arrived the end of November with a use by date of mid December 2015. Secondly they don't list ingredients. They have MSG and Gluten in them, along with caramel color and natural flavors. Well I can no longer have gluten, nor MSG so I didn't even get to try them. My Husband ate them since we had already bought them. He said they were OK.