Nicosia butcher saves my skin

I sympathise with the plight of Barry Fraser as I am also a connoisseur of that well know health-food, “crackling” (Letters, July19) .

Fortunately in Nicosia, I am still able to buy a piece of pork with the skin on (and can normally get an extra few square feet gratis) but only from the butcher in Athienitis supermarket.

This butcher also happens to be the head of the butchers’ association/union, so I would not expect there to be anything against EU regulations here.

My understanding from other butchers is that it is the wholesalers that remove the skin from the pigs before they distribute it. I can only presume the must be selling it to someone.

Anyone making pork scratchings locally?

Martin Rodger,
Nicosia

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