Crackling bread

Crackling bread

Alternative names	Gratons
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 consists of cracklings and a type of bread, made of cornmeal. Cracklings are extremely similar to pork rinds and chicharrones, a dish made of fried pork rinds.

Use in American literature

Crackling bread is a meal featured in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is the narrator's, Scout, favorite snack. It is cooked for her by her family chef Calpurnia when she has behaved well. The first time it appears is when Scout goes to school for the first time. "It was not often that she made crackling bread, she said she never had time, but with both of us at school today had been an easy one for her. She knew I loved crackling bread." Calpurnia and Scout had an argument before the first day of school and to try to repair the bond between them she made crackling bread.