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Source(s): I eat 'em. Chitterlings / chitlin's are pig intestine and cracklin (or chicarones in Spanish) is fried pig skin with the fat and a bit of the skin on it. You see, there is 100% truth in the saying: You can everything but the oink. Genius Cook Â· 6 years ago.
You can find chitterlings and hog maws at your local grocery store. They are usually found with the frozen foods and come in 5 or 10 pound buckets or plastic. It will take several hours to thaw out your frozen chitlins. The hog maws come in packages and are also usually frozen.