Cracklin' Bread

[donna]

Cracklin' Bread

Soak cracklin's in 1 cup of warm water and let get soft (about 5 minutes). Mash them in water to get them into smaller pieces. Add 1 cup cornmeal and 1 teaspoon salt ( if sticky add more cornbread. Put in greased pie pan and cook at 350 degree until nice and brown.

A treat for many a Confederate soldier.

 

[28thNewYork]

Cracklin' Bread

A treat for many a Confederate soldier.

...and those that just like Southern cookin'...

 

[mikekj]

Love me some cracklin corn bread.

 

[snuffy19608]

What's cracklin's?

 

[donna]

Cracklins or cracklings are pieces of pork fat and skin that have been deep fried so that they turn crispy and golden. Many eat cracklins as a snack food, other use them in breads, like cornbread.

 

[mikekj]

What's cracklin's?

Gotta be a Yankee.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

What's cracklin's?

 

[snuffy19608]

Gotta be a Yankee.

Ever eat scrapple, Johnny Reb?

 

[John Davison]

Cracklin' Bread

Soak cracklin's in 1 cup of warm water and let get soft (about 5 minutes). Mash them in water to get them into smaller pieces. Add 1 cup cornmeal and 1 teaspoon salt ( if sticky add more cornbread. Put in greased pie pan and cook at 350 degree until nice and brown.

A treat for many a Confederate soldier.

"Mama's little baby likes crackl'in bread."

 

[mikekj]

Ever eat scrapple, Johnny Reb?

I've heard of it, but no, never tried it.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

"Mama's little baby likes crackl'in bread."

I thought I was the only one that heard those lyrics substituted for the "Short'nin Bread" song.

 

[snuffy19608]

I've heard of it, but no, never tried it.

Up here that's our cracklins.

 

[John Davison]

I thought I was the only one that heard those lyrics substituted for the "Short'nin Bread" song.

Well, I guess It must have something to do with my dyslexia! I hadn't thought of that little ditty for years!

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Well, I guess It must have something to do with my dyslexia! I hadn't thought of that little ditty for years!

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/plantation-shortnin-bread.76605/#post-791755

 

[donna]

A favorite for many Confederate soldiers. It is very tasty.