These crispy, crunchy pork products are staples of Southern snacking. Pork is a big part of Southern culture. It’s our go-to for a backyard barbecue and the main event at football tailgates. Ribs, ...

The 43rd Annual Parks Cracklin Cook-Off fires up tonight at 6 pm. Live music, hot gratons, and the first ever beer drinking contest are some of the attractions to this years cook-off. The Parks ...

Chicharrón, pork rinds, gratons, cracklins—call them what you like, but fried hog fat with the skin on is a wonderful thing. I recently attended a Louisiana boucherie (what is essentially a communal ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIVER RIDGE, LA (WGNO) – After the bacon.

It's cowboy cooking outside over the fire with pork chops, fried corn and cowboy beans. We're Cowboy Cooking outside over the fire! Pork Chops in a flavorful six-hour marinade, with Cracklin' Fried ...

** at the restaurant we make shrimp puffs to serve with our fish and chips. I recommend serving it with store cut or fresh cut fries. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cayenne ...

There is a little bit of everything in store for you at the ninth-annual Cracklin Cook-Off and Car Show. The one-day event is scheduled for April 10 at the Cut Off Youth Center, 205 W. 79th St. The ...

The festival that celebrates the south Louisiana tradition of a boucherie is returning to the site where it all began 40 years ago. After moving away from its original site at 9690 Airline Highway ...

It’s a food item you see throughout south Louisiana. Locals refer to them as cracklin. They’re fried and seasoned and made from the fatty layer of tissue that rests under a pig’s skin. On April 12, ...