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Philly heads...What's up with Scrapple?

RerogRerog 569 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
I had never seen, heard of, or even imagined this would have a reason to exist until I went to a dingy Philly diner. Someone told me it's just all the scraps of leftover meat pressed together and fried? Is it all as bad as the spot where I went, or is there good and bad scrapple?

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  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    Scrapple is awesome.
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    So there is good scrapple?b,121b,121I'm all for BS meat byproducts, but my one experience didn't sit well, literally.b,121b,121So what is this stuff, and how can I get ahold of the good stuff in Texas?
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    thats a southern thing more than its a philly thing
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Someone told me it's just all the scraps of leftover meat pressed together and fried? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yes. Think of it like this: It's the stuff that wasn't good enough to make it into sausage.
  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121So there is good scrapple?b,121b,121I'm all for BS meat byproducts, but my one experience didn't sit well, literally.b,121b,121So what is this stuff, and how can I get ahold of the good stuff in Texas? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121I like it grilled until the outside is really crispy, almost overcooked really. I have not eaten it in a long time though. It is beyond bad for you.
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121thats a southern thing more than its a philly thing b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Really? I've lived in Texas 32 years and the only two times I've seen it has been in Philly.b,121b,121Maybe I need to step up my local greasy spoon game, but I thought I was pretty thorough in that department.
  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121thats a southern thing more than its a philly thing b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Really? I've lived in Texas 32 years and the only two times I've seen it has been in Philly.b,121b,121Maybe I need to step up my local greasy spoon game, but I thought I was pretty thorough in that department. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I never see it in Virginia, but when I lived in philly they had it at every dinner.
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    hmmm...b,121philly is kinda country
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    From Wikipedia:b,121b,121"Scrapple is a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. The mush is formed into a loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then fried before serving. Scraps of meat left over from butchering, too small to be used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste. Scrapple is best known as a regional food of Delaware, South Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland."b,121b,121 img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Plate_of_scrapple.jpg/270px-Plate_of_scrapple.jpg"1
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    i stand corrected.b,121b,121yuck
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    Yeah, that pic looks just like what I had and I damn near had to drown it with hot sauce just to get it down.b,121b,121So, is there quality "gourmet" scrapple? I'm guessing by definition all scrapple is going to be shit, but you never know. I've had effin amazing vegan chili cheese dogs.
  • RaystarRaystar 1,106 Posts
    I stopped eating pork and beef over 16 years ago... scrapple is one of the pork products that I really liked...b,121b,121We Live In Philly Baby... Where Scrapple Lives!
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