Too true Phyl - I have never liked fatty or greasy stuff - and yes, crackling is very fatty, no matter how well it is cooked. I remember deciding at the age of eight that I would no longer eat butter or margarine as I disliked it so much. My family in general ate little fat and hardly any salt at all, so I never acquired the taste for it.

Crackling.

Scald the skin well .........dry it well....spray with oil from an aerosol can........sprinkle on COOKING salt and place in very HOT oven on top shelf for about an hour........reduce heat to about 200c until almost cooked......then crank up hot again to recrisp the crackling before removing from oven.

You can spray on a bit more oil during the cooking if you need to.



Davey



Thanks I will try that method again. Perhaps the top temp range of my fan-forced oven is not so good either.

Too true Phyl - I have never liked fatty or greasy stuff - and yes, crackling is very fatty, no matter how well it is cooked. I remember deciding at the age of eight that I would no longer eat butter or margarine as I disliked it so much. My family in general ate little fat and hardly any salt at all, so I never acquired the taste for it.



Heh, heh, yes, Miss.



You wouldn't be related to a State prep school teacher called Miss Connors would you? She should have 'gone' years ago but maybe not.

After the roast is cooked I remove the crackling, wrap it loosely in 4 sheets of kitchen paper and place in the microwave oven on HIGH for 2 minutes. You lose a lot more of the fat too. Yummy!

Hello margaretoz,



That is a new one for me. I will try it next time and thank you for it. There is usually a group of late teens and young adults who will thank you for it too.

I would put the crackling on a plate to catch the fat. You may need to zap it a bit longer, I can't remember now if it is 2 minutes or 4 minutes but better to ere on the light side and then increase timing if you need to. %-P

Heh, heh, have no fear I will nuke it some more if needed.



I will have to do it without the young hangers-on watching, they are nothing short of enthusiastic when it comes to over-heating things in the microwave.