Southern Recipe and Southern Recipe Small Batch pork rinds, having just celebrated the thirteenth annual Pork Rind Appreciation Day, donated a total of $15,000 to partner charity Coach Ditka’s Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund (GGAF). Additionally, this year’s campaign winner celebrates a local Minneapolis-area man, Jack Bowen. Having played the Pork Rind Appreciation Day game consistently, Jack has won the cash prize of $5,000 and a year’s supply of pork rinds. Together, the brands, which pioneered Pork Rind Appreciation Day, have used the beloved foodie holiday as an avenue by which to bring awareness to the important work being done by GGAF and to the pork rind category, overall.
Pork Rind Appreciation Day was made an official foodie holiday to help consumers realize pigskins and pig skins just go together. Being celebrated on the biggest day of the football season allows Southern Recipe and Southern Recipe Small Batch to capitalize on a day of the year that focuses just as much on the game of football as it does on food. Throughout the campaign this year, the history and love of football as we know it was shared by some of Pro Football’s most beloved players who have since left the field. This year’s list included Hall of Fame members Joe Greene, Kenny Houston, and Mel Renfro, as well as special guest Ickey Woods, former Cincinnati Bengals fullback.