Posted: 2/15/2005 6:43:23 PM EDT
| hey guys , is this stuff any good. what does it taste like?......I think only Yankee's eat scrapple....right? |
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I come from PA Dutch. They eat everything on the pig but the squeal. |
My great grandfather was German and had a farm in central Pennsylvania. |
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Its GREAT! Kinda like a square sausage patty with far less meat and more spice and some corn meal. It is called SCRAPple though so if you're not into eating "stuff" it may not be for you. Best way to eat it eat (other than in a breakfast sandwich) is with some apple butter on top. |
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Best way I can describe it.....think of deep fried liverwurst...cut thick, into rectangular slices. Its an aquired taste...but once you have it, you cant go back. Oh, and unless you eat it in or around Philladelphia, you probably arent getting the real experience. (the same with hot pretzels, cheesesteaks, and pork roll) We arent healthy, but we got good eats 
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| Damn, I don't think I've seen any scrapple since I've lived in Georgia... now I want some! I think it is best when it is sliced more on the thin side, and nice and crispy on the outside. And it is DEFINITELY one of those "you're better off not knowing what it's made of" foods... |
Hog Maw is the lining of a pig's stomach. You stuff it with sausage, bread crumbs, etc, and bake it. Very similar to haggis. I told you the PA Dutch eat everything on the pig but the squeal. 
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Scrapple is great! And, there are different varieties of scrapple. For instance, Rapa makes: Regular scrapple Hot and spicy scrapple (my favorite) Scrapple with bacon and one other I can't remember. BTW I've never tried it with syrup. Gotta try that sometime this week. |
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I don't think that anyone has gotten explicit yet, but off the package, scrapple incorporates lymph nodes, pork snouts and other mystery meats. As stated above, it is mixed into a slurry of corn meal and spices. I think calling it "sausage" is actually generous. My wife will not countenance it. My mother gave us scrapple in place of a pig, the traditional Asian wedding x-fer gift. I eat the hell out of it. BTW, souse is damn good too, but it all makes me think a bit nervously about Kreutzfeldt-Jakob's Disease. |
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I ate it a bit when I was a kid, but that was a long time ago. Food aversions are cultural. However, over time I've grown to prefer stuff that is actually classified as meat.  BTW, here in SC they have stuff called "Country Pudding" in the grocery stores. It's kinda like a puree of what's leftover after you've removed the meat from the hog. |
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My grandmother used to make scrapple all the time when I was a kid. I haven't had any in years and years, but I remember smothered in molasses, it wasn't too bad. There is another PA Dutch treat called "pawnhaus" (?sp). My grandfather used to say, the first time he ever saw pawnhaus, "it" saw him, 'cause there was a big 'ole pig's eye in it looking back.... Doc H. |