Question of the Day: What are your favorite types and preparations of animal skin?
What are your favorite types and preparations of animal skin? Some of my favorites are roasted pig cheeks, peking duck, and southern fried chicken thighs.
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18 Comments:
Hmm thats' weird, the title didn't show up. Sorry about that.
Joseph Bayot at 10:41AM on 04/30/07
Plain old crispy roasted chicken/turkey skin. My favorite part of the bird.
Chiccarones, which are deep fried strips of pig skin. with mojo. mmmm
smart2surf at 11:14AM on 04/30/07
on one of my more white trash days, pork rinds.
but usually i prefer the skin on my husband's fried chicken, or any roast chicken.
french tart at 11:28AM on 04/30/07
Griebens, or just plain old turkey/chicken/duck skin. And skin on roast pork from local Dominican takeout.
Barbara Hanson at 12:06PM on 04/30/07
Duck skin = cracklins, served atop roasted duck risotto.
sheldel at 12:23PM on 04/30/07
Roast pork skin. And crispy roast duck skin.
toastykitten at 12:37PM on 04/30/07
The skin from grilled chicken. Just with dry rub. no sauce. The crisped skin from broiled walleye. Try the cheeks! One small bite of fresh water heaven.
Colorado Jim at 12:49PM on 04/30/07
As some fo the others dais chicken. I especially like the Japanese izakaya preparation of small squares of chicken skin loaded onto a skewer and slow grilled so that is it crispy outside, soft inside, and smoky tasting.
Pork skin is pretty darn good too.
Lamb skin has to be at the bottom of the list.
JMForester at 1:23PM on 04/30/07
Salmon skin, and generally any well-crisped fish skin makes a big difference in the dish
mdp at 1:36PM on 04/30/07
All the crispy skin on a roast chicken, I just peel it off when it comes out of the oven. Wow--maybe I'll do one this week . . .
ride&cook at 2:35PM on 04/30/07
I second chicarones. Also pernil, or any kind of pork.
Lou at 2:58PM on 04/30/07
we used to make duck cracklins whenever we rendered our saved duck fat at my last place of employment. they were like food crack and we would horde it from the rest of the restaurant, not necessarily to the benefit of our hearts and minds
intheyearofthepig at 3:06PM on 04/30/07
Crispy skins of the following come to mind: chicken,duck,pig,turkey and salmon..am I missing any? What did you have in mind?
izzy's mama at 3:40PM on 04/30/07
Haha I really didn't have anything in mind. I just love skin.
Joseph Bayot at 3:50PM on 04/30/07
JMForester - I agree about the lambskin — it doesn't even protect against STDs.
The Guilty Carnivore at 4:14PM on 04/30/07
chicken wing skin.....nice & crispy with plenty of hot sauce & butter dripping from them! Went out Saturday night with friends & I ate all the little greasy, crispy skin pieces that were in the bottom of the basket after we finished our wings...heaven!
Pork skin comes in a close second!
mepolo at 4:17PM on 04/30/07
Salmon skin temaki - add a little cucumber in there. Heaven.
Amandarama at 7:13PM on 04/30/07
After reading all the comments, I am so glad to be vegetarian!
JEP at 6:36PM on 05/01/07