The wifey got me to cut off the skin, prepare, and put in the oven when the roast was resting. I prepared it as you would, scoring the skin and rubbing with salt. I promise I did nothing more to trim or reshape the skin.
It came out looking like this:
Does that look like a pig to you??!!!?!?
Admittedly we added a tiny curl of cauliflower for the eye, but the rest is as it came out of the oven. You can even make out the mouth.
By adding more assorted vegetables, the effect becomes even better.
Rather than preserving such a chance freakish reminder of the source of our crackling in a picture frame / display / shrine to preserve for the many generations to follow as a lesson and a prod to our conscience regarding the blah blah blah blah blah...
...the smell of the crackling got to us and we couldn't help ourselves.
Yummo!
