Test your pork-rind smarts Everything we know, we learned from Men’s Health, and the magazine reports that pork rinds top the list of “Top 5 Junk Foods That Are Good for You.” Take a quiz about “the other crunchy white snack food”:
1. Which of the following junk foods failed to make the top five on the Men’s Health list: a) chocolate bars b) sour cream c) beef jerky d) corn chips e) alcohol
2. True or false: 1 ounce of peanuts contains more fat than an equal amount of pork rinds.
3. Which of the following foods contain more protein than 1 ounce of pork rinds: a) one scrambled egg b) 1 ounce of almonds c) 1 ounce of chicken d) all of the above e) none of the above
4. Which president listed pork rinds as his favorite food: a) Bill Clinton b) William Howard Taft c) George H.W. Bush d) George W. Bush
5. What is a use for pork rinds other than a snack food: a) ceiling insulation b) loofah c) fish bait d) bandage The Sacramento Bee
Answers:
1: d; 2: true (peanuts, 14.1 grams; rinds, 8 grams); 3: e (rinds, 17 grams; egg, 6.7 grams; almonds, 6 grams; chicken, 7 grams); 4: c; 5: c
