Friday, January 22, 2010

Microwaveable Pork Rinds.


Yes, yes, you read correct, pork rinds, a favorite salty snack to many are now microwaveable! As convenient as it's buttery, lovable cousin, microwaveable popcorn. For those of you who don't know, pork rinds are deep-fried pig skins. It sounds gross but it's honestly not so bad, and healthy. Pork rinds have been classified by nutritionists as a healthy junk food. A serving of pork rinds is actually higher in protein and lower in fat than peanuts. There are 9 grams of protein in pork rinds and 0 carbohydrates. Now, pork rinds DO have 5g of fat but over half of that fat is monounsaturated. In other words, it's the good kind of fat that we associate with olive oil.
Now that you've been educated on the basics of pork rinds, there's one last thing you should know. Until just the other day, I had no clue that this silly sounding snack could be microwaved. No one in my area seems to have been informed of this possibility either. Well, they CAN be microwaved and in fact, it's even healthier for you! With a whopping 65% less fat, 33% less sodium, 32 mg less cholesterol, and 40 less calories than their traditional deep-fried brothers.
But wait-- there's more! Are you a long time pork rind lover? Well, they also make flavor seasonings for your pork rinds. Never have a plain old pork rind again, they're the rinds of the future, I tell you.

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