O dear Dog, I am craving Scrapple

[KitchenWitch]

and I am NOWHERE NEAR Pennsylvania.

[NMMNG]

1. Scrapple

:scared:

[KitchenWitch]

2. AHHH, you KNOW scrapple!

:rofl:

[NMMNG]

3. Indeed

I was born and raised in New England and had never heard of it. Then when I was in my late 20's I moved to MD and began hearing about it. One day when I was in a grocery store I decided to look for it to see what it was. When I saw that grayish brick I put it right back and went on my way. My theory on Scrapple is that it's made from the scraps from the processing room floor, complete with the debris that gets swept up with them. Hence the name Scrapple. :rofl:

[Richard Steele]

5. Your 'theory' is actually the 100% literal truth.

That is EXACTLY what it is,
and that is EXACTLY why they called it that.

Poor Pennsylvanians invented scrapple 250 years ago
for the same reason that southern slaves conceived of 'chitlins'
during the same era.

Neither scrapple nor chitlins were ever a 'delicacy', or even
a 'food'...
They were a 'survival technique' used by
desperate people who had no other choice but starvation.

[giant_robot]

6. It's true...

...they say the only part of the pig those thrifty Pennsylvania Dutch don't use is the squeal, and it they could catch that, they'd use it, too.

[Richard Steele]

4. Oh, dear KW, fight that craving!

I was born and raised in the HEARTLAND of the 'scrapple' industry,
and I will NEVER eat that shit!

Seriously: I'm a toothless hillbilly from the HEART of PA;
I have very fond memories of my childhood at the top end of Polecat Hollow;
I eat squirrels, muskrats and ROADKILL, but even I won't touch scrapple.

This is no joke: That grey/green color is NOT artificial!
That's the color of the spleens and snouts that are too spoiled
to be sold as DOG food!

Just picture how grey and green those innards were BEFORE they
diluted them with 75% cornmeal...

And please understand that the entire scrapple industry
is based upon the 17th-century discovery that the spice called 'sage'
chemically neutralizes the stench of GANGRENE.

I am NOT kidding- just say 'no' to scrapple!

[WindRavenX]

10. oh jesus

this post is scaaary :scared:

[RebelOne]

7. I'm sure that you can find it somewhere in your area.

My mother used to cook it when I was a child in Philadelphia. Then we moved to South Florida and she still was able to find it in the supermarkets there.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

8. I know a song about that ...

http://rapidshare.de/files/23328119/Tromeo___Juliet_-_Gizzards__Scrapple___Tripe.mp3.html

[FuzzySlippers]

9. I have a hankering for haggis

and I am NOWHERE NEAR Scotland.