Scrapple.....

[poltr1]

Another installment in the ongoing series of "Jim samples new foods".

Well, I tried scrapple a few months ago. (Yes, I'm catching up on entries.) I found a package of Jones Farm scrapple right next to the goetta, which I sampled and reported on a few months ago.

Supposedly, scrapple originated in the Pennsylvania Dutch country over 200 years ago. It's made of pork parts (pieces parts), finely ground, mixed in with corn meal. It was a favorite food of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

A few years ago, one of the talk show hosts in Philadelphia -- Kent Voss, who used to work at WHIO-AM in Dayton -- had the idea for a scrapple festival. Scrapplefest lasted a few years. As far as I know, it is no longer happening.

So, I tried it, over several weekends. It has a very mushy texture, as if everything in it was ground to a powder. I guess it wouldn't be bad if I didn't have any teeth.

Bottom line: Do I like it? No, not really. I think I'll stick to goetta and sausage.

Some links on scrapple:
A page from globalgourmet.com
A page from Habbersett Scrapple Co.

Comments

[billroper]

When we went to the Baltimore Worldcon back in 1983, we spent some time in Upper Marlboro, Maryland and commuted into DC to do tourist things. Several of us went to the diner next to the motel to grab breakfast. Jerry saw "scrapple" listed on the menu and wondered what that was. Mike, who was from Seattle, told him that it was a wonderful dish made basically from scrambled, flavored apples. Jerry thought that sounded good and ordered some.

Scrapple in Maryland is apparently not much like scrapple in Washington state.