Cajun cracklings (or cracklins) from Cajun cuisine (called gratons in Louisiana French), are fried pieces of pork fat with a small amount of attached skin, flavored after frying with a mixture of peppery Cajun spices.ork rinds, sometimes cracklings, is the American name for fried or roasted skins of pigs, geese or other animals, regardless of the status or amount of pork in the snack. Pieces of fried meat, skin, or membrane produced as a byproduct of rendering lard are also called cracklings.
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On June 14, 2017, Scalise was shot and wounded by a gunman while at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va. Over 50 rounds were reported to have been fired, wounding members of the Capitol Hill police and congressional staffers. Scalise won re-election in 2016. He is the current House majority whip. He beat out Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) for the position. The whip post became open when Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took over for Eric Cantor as majority leader.