In French cuisine, cracklings (grillons, grattons, gratterons, frittons) may be made from pork, goose, or turkey. These are salted while hot and eaten as an hors-d'œuvre, especially in the southwest.

What is Gratton pig?

#28 Grattons (Cracklins)

Cracklins, also known as grattons (grah-tawns), are the result of a poor people's desire to use every part of the pig. Years ago, Cajun families and neighbors regularly got together for boucheries, or community hog butcherings.

What is grattons French cooking?

These are the French equivalent of scratchings, small pieces of pork skin cooked until crisp and golden. We like them, served hot from the oven, sprinkled with a few crushed dried.