This is what the Pilgrims would have feasted on had they been in Redneck Valley. Rob and I saw these in the checkout line at Walmart (where else, right?) and had to buy them. Not that we have any intention of eating them - oh HELL NO. Although I'm seriously considering taking them as my contribution to Thanksgiving dinner. They'd be a hit with the hunters and truck drivers in my family.

I think this particular pork rind package is an example of too many cooks in the pork rind marketing kitchen. It's like they couldn't decide to whom they should market this shit, so they just slapped on a little something for everyone. The longhorn and blaze orange secures the redneck market. They were careful not to overlook a small subset of this group - the Hispanic hillbilly. The chili pepper and HOT & SPICY were added just for those folks. Hell, they even translated PORK RINDS into Spanish, just to be sure. Careful not to alienate the health-conscious crowd, they decided to place a reminder on the package that these deep-fried pieces of pigskin are, in fact, low-carb. And then as a last ditch effort, they added the two magic words that make all Americans take notice: MICROWAVE and BACON. Because let's face it - we are lazy, bacon-loving sons of bitches.

(And this is why I love Wikipedia. The second paragraph kills me. As does the fact that in the US these snacks are downright presidential, but the British consider them rather plebeian.)