Where can I get a pork belly for cracklins?

Call Ronnie's and see if they'll sell you the raw cracklins. I knew a relative of the owner and he hooked me up once before. Start out with the cracklins in a cast iron pot with some water and cook on low to medium heat until they're done. I don't remember how long it took due to it being a tailgate and I was wasted. Seemed like an hour or two.

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Really? How much?

Somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.75/lb. I'm going to head there in a hour or two and ill confirm the price.

You start them in water and when it evaporates some of the grease has already been rendered out which starts the frying process.

Yep, then you pull em all out, let them cool, heat the oil to 350, Throw them back in to pop. (I've seen a cup of ice thrown in, which is crazy violent and dangerous with people around, but the old timers say it makes the skin pop even more)

Wooo, boy. We gonna need pics. What's your seasoning gonna be?

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I'm guessing that should yield about 5lbs cooked.

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NOT!!

Pushing 3,massive reduction in size from the frying.