Crackling bread
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| 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. Calpernia, the family's cook, prepared it for Scout after her first day at school. "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 had an argument during lunch and to try to repair the bond between them she made crackling bread.
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