{"id":5749,"date":"2023-04-13T15:11:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wtf-microwave-pork-rinds\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:11:44","slug":"wtf-microwave-pork-rinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wtf-microwave-pork-rinds\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF: Microwave Pork Rinds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So like, I was looking on Amazon for reviews for &quot;Love Beets&quot; brand beets (because I had a BOGO offer from Safeway) and in the corner there was an advertisement for MICROWAVE PORK RINDS.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever heard of such a thing?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever eaten a pork rind in my life, but you don&#8217;t understand the <em>sheer delight<\/em> I experienced watching the little pork pellets being poured into the paper bag before going into the microwave. It was oddly visceral.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon Mamma Jamma was the brand with the advertisement I saw -&gt; Amz adlink: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BNM5CLTS\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BNM5CLTS\/?tag=harperkingsley-20<\/a> &lt;- though upon exploring that rabbit hole a little I found out there&#8217;s a Lowrey&#8217;s Brand -&gt;Amz adlink: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000UPFWW6\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000UPFWW6\/?tag=harperkingsley-20<\/a> &lt;- that comes in like popcorn pouches.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the nutrition information, it &quot;seems&quot; that the Bacon Mamma Jamma brand are more &quot;healthy,&quot; though I guess that&#8217;s subjective considering they&#8217;re PORK RINDS. I guess for sheer reviews, the Lowreys are the way to go, especially since there&#8217;s more bags and they come direct from Amazon, so no shipping and handling charges. But for healthy content? It&#8217;s the Bacon Mamma Jammas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bacon Mamma Jamma<\/strong>: $19.99+8.50 s\/h = $28.49. For 10, 1 ounce bags.<\/li>\n<li>Ingredients: pork rinds, salt.<\/li>\n<li>Serving size 1 package (28g). Calories 120. Calories from fat 35. Total fat 4 9 (6% DV). Saturated fat 1.5g (8% DV). Cholesterol 0% DV. Sodium 350mg (15% DV). Total carbohydrates 0% DV. Sugars 0% DV. Protein 21g (42% DV). Vitamin A 0%. Vitamin C 0%. Calcium 2%. Iron 8%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowreys<\/strong>: $23.97. For 18, 1.75 ounce bags.<\/li>\n<li>Ingredients: pork rinds, maltodextrin, salt, less than 2% of natural flavorings, monosodium glutamate.<\/li>\n<li>Serving size 14g (same as the Mamma Jammas). Calories 160. Calories from fat 100. Total fat 12g (18% DV). Saturated fat 4g (20% DV). Cholesterol 20mg 6% DV). Sodium 960mg (40% DV). Total carbohydrates 0% DV. Sugars 0% DV. Protein 12g (says &quot;not a significant source of protein). Vitamin A 0%. Vitamin C 0%. Calcium 0%. Iron 0%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bacon Mamma Jamma brand have protein, calcium, and iron. The Lowreys are all flavor (and that flavor is salt!).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just oddly delighted that pork rinds are made like popcorn. I guess I&#8217;ve never spent any time considering how they&#8217;re made. I would just see bags of them in the chip aisle and always thought they were probably super sweaty, like Cheetos left open overnight.<\/p>\n<p>We are living in the future.<\/p>\n<p>~Harper Kingsley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/harperkingsley\">https:\/\/paypal.me\/harperkingsley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/harperkingsley\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/harperkingsley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/harperwck\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/harperwck<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/shop\/harperkingsley0\">https:\/\/amazon.com\/shop\/harperkingsley0<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\">https:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harperkingsley0\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/harperkingsley0<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kimichee.com\">https:\/\/kimichee.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So like, I was looking on Amazon for reviews for &quot;Love Beets&quot; brand beets (because I had a BOGO offer from Safeway) and in the corner there was an advertisement for MICROWAVE PORK RINDS. Have you ever heard of such a thing? I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever eaten a pork rind in my life, but&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wtf-microwave-pork-rinds\/\" title=\"WTF: Microwave Pork Rinds\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WTF: Microwave Pork Rinds<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[899],"tags":[324,933,932,796],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-5749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-food","tag-food","tag-living-in-the-future","tag-pork-rinds","tag-wtf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-1uJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3320,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-am-madly-in-love-with-my-instant-pot-ip-duo60-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5749,"position":0},"title":"I am madly in love with my Instant Pot IP-DUO60","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"November 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I am madly in love with my Instant Pot IP-DUO60. 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