crackling
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- noun
- /ˈkræk.lɪŋ/
- She herself only picked at the sweet potato and left the grease-shimmering greens and the fat crackling bread untouched.
- pork crackling
- crisp crackling
- skin cracklings
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- Put in mushy peas, mint sauce, chutney, maybe some crackling.
- He's like in his hotel room and he's like, can't sleep just winding down with a glass of Long Branch whiskey and a pork crackling.
Examples
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"I offer you as much crackling as you wish to eat, young man." "You will do no such thing," countered the coachman.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ladle the melted fat into a cheesecloth-lined colander, separating the melted fat from the cracklings.
Blog text (17) -
We have always given the cracklings to the chickens a little at a time.
Blog text (17) -
The smell of the mountain was laced with the smells of pork crackling and cigar smoke.
Fiction book (1995) -
At this point, after about 1.5 to 2 hours, once the cracklings start to settle on the bottom of the crock, it's done!
Blog text (17) -
I do not let the granules of cracklings get dark at all, only tan.
Blog text (17) -
When the fat starts to melt, it will separate itself from the "cracklings" (crisp residue left after lard has been rendered).
Blog text (17) -
For a crunchy snack, I enjoy adding pork crackling to my salads.
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The chef prepared a dish garnished with crackling made from duck skin.
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She served the roasted vegetables with crispy crackling on top for added texture.
Synonyms
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Crispy browned pieces of pork left after melting fat
Solid pieces left after melting animal fat used as food or animal feed
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Etymology
Crackling comes from the sound crack meaning 'a short, sharp sound' and the ending -ling like in duckling that shows a small thing, so crackling is the small, crispy pieces that 'crack' when you eat them.