I once had breakfast with Morning Call comments editor Glenn Kranzley.
Really!
What I remember most about that encounter is that he was disappointed as hell that Perkins serves no scrapple, "the Pennsylvania treat." For the uninitiated, it's a greyish square combination of pork skin, heart, liver, brains and other delicious innards - fried in lard.
Mmm Mmm Good!
I once served a slice to my dog, who died later that day. Right before he went to doggie heaven, he sadly looked at me, and said, "Outen the light."
According to Valley Dragon, you can get vegan scrapple if you feel like driving to Ardmore.
Yeah, I'll be right there.
Really!
What I remember most about that encounter is that he was disappointed as hell that Perkins serves no scrapple, "the Pennsylvania treat." For the uninitiated, it's a greyish square combination of pork skin, heart, liver, brains and other delicious innards - fried in lard.
Mmm Mmm Good!
I once served a slice to my dog, who died later that day. Right before he went to doggie heaven, he sadly looked at me, and said, "Outen the light."
According to Valley Dragon, you can get vegan scrapple if you feel like driving to Ardmore.
Yeah, I'll be right there.
"I once served a slice to my dog, who died later that day."
ReplyDeleteTim Darragh ("The Prince of Pups") needs to investigate this. Most puppies thrive on scrapple ...
Pass me across the table the scrapple, say now den der vonce.
ReplyDeleteThere is no accounting for taste. I'm talking about Kranzley - not scrapple.
ReplyDeleteHere's an appropriate Penna Dutch saying for Glenn Krankzley and his MC colleagues:
ReplyDelete"Youse get too soon old and too late smart once."
i think i'll give it up for lent!!!
ReplyDeleteThe only time I ever tried scrapple was at Perkins actually.
ReplyDeleteI HATED IT!
a.j. cordi
ReplyDeleteIf you hated it just tasting it, think what your experience would have been if you'd actually seen it being made.
(Not just being fried up, but actually being stirred up in a big "boil, boil, toil and trouble" vat.
Scrapple is for real men. The breakfast of Champions. Some of these restaurants serve a thin slice of liver pudding fried and call it scrapple.
ReplyDeleteI will only vote for scrapple eating politicans!
hey naw! I tot beyond der screppel vus der valley.
ReplyDeletedots vot drabbenstot told me vonce.
Did Kranzley's stomach become turned from the scrapple or close proximity to Bernie ?
ReplyDeleteVegan Scrapple? Seriously, what's the point? I've never had it, but my mother quite enjoys it. Of course, she also loves liver. Does liver go into scrapple? Oh, that's right. Everything goes into scrapple.
ReplyDeleteof all the foods in the world that I wish were available in vegan-friendly forms, scrapple would not even be on the top 100 list.
ReplyDeleteHaha, that made my night. I found out about it through HugsForPuppies.org.
ReplyDeleteLiza, Your little story caught my eye and amused quite a few people.
ReplyDeleteDid Kranzley's stomach become turned from the scrapple or close proximity to Bernie ?
ReplyDeleteI really resent that. I take a shower every month, whether I need it or not!
In defense of good scrapple, it is just corn mush, like polenta, with a bit of ground pork in it. My husband makes his own, using his grandmother's recipe, and it has no liver or offal at all, just lean ground pork, seasonings and corn meal.
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I've been told my the "die hard" scrapple crowd that it's best served without the corn meal.
ReplyDeleteAny reason?
without the cornmeal, it's called "pot pudding" or "pan pudding".
ReplyDeleteJust had some for breakfast.
It's a hell of a lot better than what they make hot dogs out of! The previous poster is right - I have never seen it made with organ meat or anything objectionable. Fry it crispy with real maple syrup!
ReplyDeleteWait until I post about a little Vietnamese delight called nuc mam. I once drank it on accident and woke up in the hospital.
ReplyDeleteSCRAPPLE IS AN EXCELLENT BREAKFAST TREAT. IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER THEN BACON OR SOME OF THE OTHER CHOICES THAT GO ALONG WITH EGGS ECT. IT'S A REGULAR MENU ITEM AT ALL OF OUR PENN STATE TAILGATES. COME ALONG TO A GAME....ONCE BERNIE....AND I'M SURE YOUR ENJOY YOURSELF..
ReplyDeleteScrapple
ReplyDelete* 2 pounds ground lean pork
* 1 cup buckwheat flour
* 3 cups yellow corn meal
* 4 tablespoons salt
* 4 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
* 2 teaspoons sage
* 2 teaspoons ground mace
* 2 teaspoons ground coriander
* 2 teaspoons ground thyme
* 2 teaspoons whole sweet marjoram
* 3 quarts of water
I live in Maryland and went to a scrapple factory in Delaware which many condsider the capital of Scrapple. After being in the factory where its made I will never touch the stuff again, I saw the raw ingrediants and it was wack ,snouts brains fat , Scraps like the name suggest don't feed it to yourself or your dog!
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