| Type | Bread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | England |
| Main ingredients | corn or wheat flour |
| Ingredients generally used | Cockle weed |
Cockle bread was an inferior type of British corn or wheat bread mixed with "cockle weed". In the 17th century a practice known as "moulding" cockle-bread had a sexual connotation. Cockle bread is also mentioned in a 19th-century nursery rhyme.