Comments on: #28 Grattons (Cracklins)

By: Thelma Thomas

Thelma Thomas — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:26:00 +0000

How can I place a order for these? Thank you.

thelmat@sbcglobal.net

By: shoeaddict

shoeaddict — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:44:38 +0000

My paw paw makes the best cracklins I’ve ever had.

By: Bayou Teche Bay-bee

Bayou Teche Bay-bee — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:52:05 +0000

Still waiting for that entry on THE DIABETES. I’m pretty much the only person in my family who’s managed to avoid it so far, thank goodness. Doc says it’s genetic and ridiculously prevalent in Acadian-descended populations. Funny thing is, very few Cajuns seem to change their eating habits, but many live with it well into their 90s, which would be really uncommon in the general population. Seems like someone would be studying that…

By: chuval

chuval — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:32:27 +0000

I had a great aunt with diabetes. I remember her stuffing her face with cracklins just a few days before she died. I guess old habits die hard.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:40:31 +0000

There is no better party than a boucherie.

I guess I’m embarrassed to say I’ve eaten hog head cheese, lots of it. I never could eat more than one gratton in a day. Too much fat to process, I guess.

By: music maven

music maven — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:00:01 +0000

NuNu’s in Youngsville has some good gratons, as well as boudin. Not Savoy’s caliber, but good ’nuff.

Here’s my graton story.

Recently my father-in-law passed away after a 5 year long kidney illness caused by high blood pressure. My mother-in-law had him on a strict regimen of no salt, no fried foods, etc. and the old man was miserable for the last few years.

The weekend that he died, we were looking for his bible and couldn’t find it. In our search, we began looking in his car and found a “stash” of cracklins hidden in the console. Man, was my MIL pissed.

By: chuval

chuval — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:50:43 +0000

I’m with you on head cheese. It’s on the short list of things I will not eat (which also includes pigs feet, cowboy stew, and most other internal organs). There’s something not right about bits of meat suspended in gelatin. It’s been years since I’ve actually eaten cracklins, since they’re hard to get where I live, and I’d rather not have a heart attack before my 40th birthday.

By: Bayou Teche Bay-bee

Bayou Teche Bay-bee — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:44:48 +0000

I don’t want to raise the hackles of Music Maven again, but the late, lamented Johnson’s in Eunice had the best cracklins ever! Can’t find any I particularly like now except the ones my neighbor makes (but that’s only once or twice a year). Any suggestions for good store-bought ones besides Best Stop?

As for head cheese though, blech. One of the few things I just can’t bring myself to eat.

By: chuval

chuval — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:05:14 +0000

Heart attack in a brown paper sack…that sounds like a catchy song title to me. Yeah, you can judge the quality by the size of the grease stain on the paper bag.

By: hightech grobec

hightech grobec — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:55:41 +0000

They may be a heart attack in a brown paper sack but they sure taste good!!!