The name comes from the barrels of soda crackers that could be found for sale in small-town stores across the American South in the early 1900s; people would stand around the barrels chatting and catching up, similar in purpose to contemporary office water coolers.

Since 1969, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has been an interstate institution. It's famous for all-you-can-eat biscuits, tabletop peg games and general stores selling everything from throwback toys to vintage candy you haven't seen in decades.

It has been suggested that white slave foremen in the antebellum South were called "crackers" owing to their practice of "cracking the whip" to drive and punish slaves. Whips were also cracked over pack animals, so "cracker" may have referred to whip-cracking more generally.

Cracker Barrel provides a friendly home-away-from-home in our old country store and restaurant. Our guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real homestyle food and shopping that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's country heritage … all at a fair price.

Actually. The name Cracker Barrel has a double meaning. The term Cracker Barrel which which originated in the 19th century was a direct reference to the literal barrels of crackers that used to be

Cracker is always disparaging and offensive when used to refer to a poor white person in the South; the word in this sense often implies that the person is regarded as ignorant or uneducated. When used by Black people, cracker can refer to a Southern white racist, not necessarily poor or rural.

A cracker is a flat, dry baked biscuit typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before baking. Crackers are often branded as a nutritious and convenient way to consume a staple food or cereal grain.

Cracker Barrel provides a friendly home-away-from-home in our old country store and restaurant. Our guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real homestyle food and shopping that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's country heritage … all at a fair price.

What makes a good cracker, anyway? Well, to me, a good cracker means crunch, flavor, and heft. Crackers should be able to carry dip, cheese, meat, and condiments. The best crackers can do that and be crumbled up into a bowl of soup; they traverse meals and invite various applications.

When Did Cracker Cuisine Originate? Cracker cuisine derives from the Florida crackers, American pioneer settlers who lived off the rural land in Florida starting in 1763.

So, when barrels were empty, they were used as makeshift tables to hold a checkerboard, a conversation or both. We'd like to think some things never change. Cracker barrels represent the simple comfort and comradery of life in and around a country store and synonymous with coming together to tell stories.

A cracker is a flat, dry baked biscuit typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before baking. Crackers are often branded as a nutritious and convenient way to consume a staple food or cereal grain. Cracker.