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Pork Cracklings

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If you're making this entire menu in a single oven, you will have to make the cracklings ahead (see cooks' note, below) and reheat them in the upper third of oven during the last 10 minutes of roasting the Roasted Potatoes with Lemon Salt Roasted Potatoes with Lemon Salt. Cracklings are commonplace in Britain, and we hope these crisp bits gain more popularity here, too.

Cooks' note:

Cracklings can be made 6 hours ahead and cooled, uncovered, then kept, covered, at room temperature. Reheat in upper third of a preheated 425°F oven until hot, about 10 minutes.

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