understand completely...LOL In a message dated 08/17/09 12:49:48 Eastern Daylight Time, bethdix@comcast.net writes: I was trying to type pork "fat"......not pork "fact". Sorry....I'm babysitting grandchildren. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Wienberry Dix" <bethdix@comcast.net> To: <ncbertie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] Cracklin' Bread > My mother would make cracklin cornbread by cutting up pork fact in small > pieces and frying it in an iron skillet until it is crispy. She would > leave > these "cracklins" and grease from them in the iron skillet and then pour > her > cornbread batter on top of the cracklins and grease while still hot then > put > right into the often for the cornbread to bake. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mmaker52" <mmaker52@aol.com> > To: <ncbertie-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:24 PM > Subject: [NCBERTIE] Cracklin' Bread > > >>I was asked the below question by one of our members and was wondering if >>any of you have the answers? Some of you local Bertites should be able to >>answer these!! >> >> I really appreciate the participation we are receiving....thank you all >> >> Claudia >> >> >> >> Here's one to bring up --- should go right along with the present >> subject. >> >> hot water cracklin' bread? I'm curious about the cracklings --- I did >> see >> some in our store the other day..... are they only used in bread? >> I think I've also heard of them in yellow baked corn bread. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2309 - Release Date: 08/17/09 > 06:08:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2309 - Release Date: 08/17/09 06:08:00 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The cracklins were a by-product of lard making. Lard was an essential basic cooking ingredient on the farm. The winter hog killing needed to produce enough lard to last a family all year, because hogs were killed only during extremely cold weather, due to health safety precautions. During a hog killing, the fatty pieces of the hog, was cooked to render the lard. This meant cooking it until the grease (lard) was liquified. The pieces of skin and meat left over from rendering the lard were called cracklins. I guess they were called cracklins because they were very crispy. When the lard cooled it was not a liquid, but semi-soft and somewhat creamy. The lard was stored in large tin containers called lard stands. This link explains the process well, with photos. http://www.deltablues.net/cracklin.html Trish On Aug 17, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Mmaker52 wrote: > understand completely...LOL > > > > > In a message dated 08/17/09 12:49:48 Eastern Daylight Time, bethdix@comcast.net > writes: > I was trying to type pork "fat"......not pork "fact". Sorry....I'm > babysitting grandchildren. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Wienberry Dix" <bethdix@comcast.net> > To: <ncbertie@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] Cracklin' Bread > > >> My mother would make cracklin cornbread by cutting up pork fact in >> small >> pieces and frying it in an iron skillet until it is crispy. She >> would >> leave >> these "cracklins" and grease from them in the iron skillet and then >> pour >> her >> cornbread batter on top of the cracklins and grease while still hot >> then >> put >> right into the often for the cornbread to bake. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mmaker52" <mmaker52@aol.com> >> To: <ncbertie-l@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:24 PM >> Subject: [NCBERTIE] Cracklin' Bread >> >> >>> I was asked the below question by one of our members and was >>> wondering if >>> any of you have the answers? Some of you local Bertites should be >>> able to >>> answer these!! >>> >>> I really appreciate the participation we are receiving....thank >>> you all >>> >>> Claudia >>> >>> >>> >>> Here's one to bring up --- should go right along with the present >>> subject. >>> >>> hot water cracklin' bread? I'm curious about the cracklings --- >>> I did >>> see >>> some in our store the other day..... are they only used in bread? >>> I think I've also heard of them in yellow baked corn bread. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2309 - Release Date: >> 08/17/09 >> 06:08:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2309 - Release Date: > 08/17/09 > 06:08:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCBERTIE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Thanks Trish that is a great site.....all of you check it out Claudia