Crackling Cornbread

Ingredients

• 2 cups self-rising buttermilk cornmeal mix (I use Martha White )
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped jalapeno
• 1 cup extra-sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 cup pork cracklings or 1 cup pork rind
• 1 cup whole kernel corn, drained with liquid reserved
• lard, to grease frying pan or Pam cooking spray, to spray on muffin pans