re: What is the deal with the price of cracklins?

Was in Scott yesterday. The line at Billy’s was down the street and that’s on a Wednesday. A couple weeks ago on a Saturday, wait time was around 2 hours. Supply and demand. Obviously demand is there at the high price.

Randolph and Mortimer Duke agree

I live in Mobile and they have no clue what a real cracklin is! I took some to my neighbor - big Alabama fan of course - and he immediately said what the hell is that. I just laughed, but he loved them once it tasted them!

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What is the world is a graton? Is that another type of cracklin?

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you musn't be from around here boy .. "Parlez-vous français ?"

it's French for cracklin. If you visit any cafe or dining establishment where they serve breakfast food and coffee, old Cajun men are always there speaking French. Sadly, it's a dying language and the younger generation has zero clue about the culture.

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If you visit any cafe or dining establishment where they serve breakfast food and coffee, old Cajun men are always there speaking French. Sadly, it's a dying language and the younger generation has zero clue about the culture.

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When I was a kid growing up in the 50's and early 60's I'd hear my grandma, mom and a few aunts sitting around the kitchen table drinking cafe' au lait and eating French bread slathered in butter talking Cajun French.

They were always cutting somebody up and didn't want us kids to know who.

I tried to learn some of it but was shooed away by them since it wasn't allowed in schools and they didn't want me to learn it.

A friend of mine from Raceland was in the hospital in Houma a while back and I went to visit him and when walking around that hospital I heard a lot of the older folks talking in Cajun French and it was sure nice to hear.

Well ice cream is $4 or $5 for a gallon. Milk is $3 or $4. And butter ain’t cheap either. And dairy products are subsidized

So you have a product (cracklins) that is a “specialty” and in limited supply. I can easily understand why they’re expensive.



Look on the bright side. You’re healthier without them.

I remember my grandmother and my aunts and uncles would talk that old French and I would just laugh because I had no clue what they were saying. I always thought it was so cool. They probably talked about gratons. I just had no clue what they were saying. LOL! I also remember the old cajun french music in the background while we ate crawfish in the backyard and a couple of the older folks would get up and start dancing!

Time and quality means everything.