Crackling bread
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Alternative names | Gratons |
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Type | Bread |
Place of origin | United States |
Region or state | Southern United States |
Main ingredients | Cornmeal, 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.