Čvarci

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Čvarci (sing.: čvarak, Croatian: čvarci, Serbian Cyrillic: чварци / чварак, pronounced [t͡ʃʋǎːrt͜si], [t͡ʃʋǎːrak], Slovene: ocvirki, Romanian: jumări, Polish: skwarki, Czech: škvarky, Slovak: škvarky, oškvarky, German: Grieben, Austrian German: Grammeln, Russian: шкварки, romanized: shkvarki, Ukrainian: шкварки, romanized: shkvarky, Belarusian: шкваркі, romanized: škvarki, Hungarian: tepertő, töpörtyű, Macedonian: чварки/џимиринки, Bulgarian: пръжки, romanized: prazhki) is a type of food in Central and Southeastern Europe, a variant of cracklings. Unlike pork rinds, čvarak is not the intended product of its preparation, but a by-product created during the preparation of lard, cracklings left over when pig lard is melted down, and the fat is thermally separated from other tissue. Typical pigs in this region will have several inches of fat between the skin and the first layer of muscle, which is the bacon. This fat is trimmed and melted down. The liquid fat is strained through a cheesecloth...

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