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Crackling bread

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Crackling bread
Alternative namesGratons
TypeBread
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateSouthern United States
Main ingredientsCornmeal, pork rinds

Crackling bread is a dish from the Southern United States which mainly consists of cracklings and a type of bread, usually containing cornmeal. Cracklings are extremely similar to pork rinds and chicharrones, a dish made of fried pork rinds. This is a bread fried with any type of fat in it (such as bacon, pork rinds, ect) that turn into a brownish layer of fat when cooked. This food is mentioned in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.