[AT] Cracklings (and a cletrac)

[Ralph Goff]

The more descriptions I hear of these "cracklings", it makes me believe that
they were marketed as a tasty salted snack called "Piggy Puffs" back in the
60s. A bag of these, a bottle of Fresca , the drink with the delicious
artificial sweetener, aspartame in it . Plus a comic book to read and this
kid was happy for the rest of the day. . Not sure if they are still
available or not.
And just to sneak in a little antique tractor content, heres a link to an
old Oliver cletrac for sale that I noticed on a local website this morning.
http://www.familyfarmers.com/2002/classifieds/folstad/cat_1.JPG

Ralph in Sask.
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Voris <lvoris at axs.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:54 AM
Subject: [AT] Cracklings


> Dean:
>     As I remember when dad used to butcher hogs,
> there was about a 1" layer of fat out next to the
> skin.  They would trim this fat away from the lean
> meat and cut it in about 1" squares.  Then they
> would put it all into a big kettle over the
> fire and cook it until the liquid would cook out
> of the squares.  I still have the paddles they used
> to stir the fat with.  Then they would dip it out
> into a lard press and squeeze the liquid out.  They
> always used a white feed sack down in the press
> to keep the cracklings in.  After the squeeze they
> would dump them out, and that is when we would
> start eating them.  I may have left something out.
>
> Larry Voris
>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 10:52 PM
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