On 2013-04-22 22:50:25 +0000, Sqwertz said:

> On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:55:10 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:
>
>> On 4/22/2013 2:35 PM, notbob wrote:
>>> I couldn't believe it. I went to the sprmkt (kroger) to buy some beef
>>> for p/c beef bourguignon. I wanted to pick up some pork rinds
>>> (chicarones). They had none!! Not even Lay's Baken-Ets,
>>> ferchrynoutload! Sure, we have an bizarrely low Mexican population,
>>> here, but that's downright un-American. Fortunately, every mini-mart
>>> and quick-stop fer a 100 miles radius has plenty. Sure wish I could
>>> find some authentic Mexican chicarones, the kind that can break teeth
>>> by the row and come in bags the size of a jes-learned-to-walk child.
>>> Dripping with Chalula. Yum!
>>>
>>> (they also don't cary tri-tip, ever. WTF!?)
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> Have not had pork rinds in a while. We have a Mexican meat market that
>> cooks chicharrons, they are a couple of inches thick. They are so
>> delicious, I wish you could come along.
>>
>> http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating...isseur_lat.php
>
> We have 7 La Mihiocana Markets in Austin. Their fried pork belly can
> be pretty dry you really need some very wet salsa to be able to
> swallow them. I usually just get the smaller 1" chunks.
>
> Ordering from the meat counter can be very difficult since nobody
> there speaks English and they will purposely skip over helping you if
> there is any other Mexican in line behind you (not once, but a half
> dozen times). So I practically never go there any more.

Ain't that the truth: One of the reasons I never managed to try
chicharones for so long. But the place I've been to recently, everyone
in the meat market area is quick to jump right on me. I'm not sure if
it's because they want to nurture the business (no need!), or what.
But they are very responsive.