Scrapple

Srapple - a breakfast meat made from a pig.
@dfollin (24172)
United States
June 4, 2008 11:22am CST
Do you know what scrapple is? There are a lot of people that never even heard of it? I like it fried dark with lots of butter.I had it a few weeks ago with sausage gravy.Yum!How do you like it?
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@tdemex (3540)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Yeah! If you don't know, and eat it I'm not sure you want to know! After they dress and clean a pig, they put all the good stuff in one pile and they make scrapple out of the rest of it! including eyes brains ns stomach, grind it all up putsome gelitan and other fillers in it and make it into a square and cool it down til it sets up! That's pretty much it.My family in Deleware used to make it when they had a pig farm! tdemex
@dfollin (24172)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Exactly,if you don't know and you eat it,then you don't want to know! Iam almost 47 and I have ate it and loved it since I was a kid and it hasn't killed me,so...... I live in Virginia,but there are people that have never heard of it.Then I found out that they aren't from around here.Do you like scrapple?
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@tdemex (3540)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Yes I do, even after I was told how it was made. LOL As long as it's cooked good. Bob Evans restraunts serve it in the Del. & Penn. areas And I'll uasually have it with breakfeast!
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Bob Evans is my favorite restaurant,but I have not been able to go in a few months.Ia adicted to their sausage gravy and biscuits.Their in my budget too. But, when I was there last,they did not have scrapple.But,I went to an IHOP over her and they had it as a side for my biscuits and gravy.But the cook goofed and put it in with my biscuits and gravy and it was delicious..Bob Evans biscuits and gravy is much better than IHOP's so it has got to be scrumpcious.You are lucky to have it up there.
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• United States
4 Jun 08
I live in New Jersey,and there are alot of people that live here that are from Pennsylvania that say it's so good, but I'm a little leary about trying it. I get the impression it originated in that state. I really should try it, I understand it's been around for ever. I get the impression that it's really greasy too.
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Oh,you have to try it!Yum! It's not greasy.Sausage and bacon are greasier.I don't know where it origionated from.I do know that it has been around for 47 years. Try it,you'll love it!
@dfollin (24172)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I know that it's been around longer then 47 years.I was joking.I will be 47 this summer,thats why I said that.My grandmother was born in 1898 and I know that she ate it and loved it as well.
@jerzgirl (9233)
• United States
4 Jun 08
It's been around longer than 47 years, for sure!! My grandfather was born in 1889 and he was making it when he got married, so it's a pretty old recipe (I do think they've got better standards now about what gets put into it, though). There was a time when scrapple was pretty greasy - they would seal the pans with lard and that almost always was still on the loaf when you'd buy it. But, it's pretty lean now, to where you might even need a little grease in the pan to brown it. I moved to Utah way back and my parents used to send me canned scrapple by the case because I couldn't find it there. Then, after a few years, I began to find it in the stores where the specialty meats were. A cheaper brand, yes, but still scrapple. The better the quality, the more meaty it will be. Check your local stores to see if they have any "hiding" where you don't normally look. Especially stores that like to bring in regional and European specialties - they may very well have it.
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@slickcut (8141)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I have never heard of it before...I ask my hubby and he said he has heard of it but don't really know much about it....Tell me what it is and is it good?
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I don't know what hogs head cheese is.I do know thou that scrapple is a breakfast meat made from a pig.It is delicious.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
5 Jun 08
After reading all about this scrapple ,i think you are talking about "hog head cheese" at least thats what we called it in Louisana,or something close to it anyway...
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
5 Jun 08
peanut for breakfast - our backyard squirrel
I moved from Texas to Pa 3 years ago, and before that I had never heard of it. My first comment about it to my s/o, was 'No, I don't know what that is and not sure I want to eat something called that' LOL His mom did fix it when we were there for breakfast one time, and I have to admit, it wasn't bad. She fried it dark and we had it with pancakes. I would probably eat it again, however I can't say that it is one of my favorite things. lol I'd take big ole fluffy biscuits with sausage gravy (white cream gravy) any day of the week though.
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
6 Jun 08
I have ate scrapple all my life and sausage gravy and biscuits for quite a long time as well.But, recently I went to a restaurant and I ordered scrapple on the side and they goofed and put it in with my biscuits and gravy.Amazingly enough it was terrific.You should try it.
• Philippines
4 Jun 08
laugh at me if you want. but i don't know scrapple too. i can't even remember hearing its name. nor seeing it before i guess. can't imagine how it looks like. i hope to taste one in the future. do you know where to buy it? or do you know how to make one?
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Iam not going to laugh because I have met many people that have never heard of it.Depending on where you are at,it can be found at some restaurants and grocery stores.It is a form of breakfast meat,so I can just make it.It is not one.It is a slice,you fry it and I like mine with butter on it.But,different people like different stuff.
@jerzgirl (9233)
• United States
4 Jun 08
Hi Angel. It is found predominately in the Mid-Atlantic States of the US, but I was able to buy a cheaper version of it in Utah because of all the military personnel there. There are recipes online for a homemade version that might be OK, but if you have a US military base near you, and you know someone who is US military, you might see if they can find any in their commissary to try it. It is a blend of pork, corn meal, spices and fat (different degrees by different makers) that is molded into a loaf. You then slice it and fry it. Our local restaurants often slice it thick and deep fry it. It's more convenient that way (and faster), but many of us like it sliced thinner and fried in a pan until the outside is crispy. Some like it softer inside than others do, but it's up to you how you like it. Some scrapple is leaner than other scrapple (it didn't used to be - they're getting better), so you might have to add a little grease or fat to the pan so it will fry better. But I grew up with it and it's good. I hope you get the chance to try it.
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@liuqian (476)
• China
6 Jun 08
I searched the internet and my dictionary,but i still don't know what scrapple is.It must be delicious.o(n_n)o...
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
6 Jun 08
Scrapple is a mixture of pork,cornmeal and seasonings.It is really good.You need to try it.
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I never had had it neither, then last year when I went to visit my uncle he had some. It was good, he fried it up and we had some for breakfast with biscuits and gravy.
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
5 Jun 08
Oh yum! Let me know the next time you go to your uncles for breakfast and I'll be there.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
4 Jun 08
My grandmother made it quit often when i was growing up. She would make hers with beef neck bone, pork neck and the hocks after they butchered.she even made it with chicken. She would boil the meat until it fell off the bones then add the corn meal. She then let it set up and slice it and fry it until the edges were crunchy. My family put syrup on it then. It probably came over very early in the countries history. I used to try making it but mine would never set up right. When I would fry it it just went all over the pan.
@lucy02 (5016)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I have never eaten it or seen until I saw scrapple on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives recently. I think it would be good but send my cholesterol absolutely through the roof, lol.
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@dfollin (24172)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I know it does a number on my blood pressure too.Thats why I can't eat it as often as I used to.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
5 Jun 08
well yes i had consulted wikipedia on itand like to outline here if you wish" it is a savory mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. it seems delicious though and very mouth watering..
@dfollin (24172)
• United States
6 Jun 08
Oh it's delicious! You have to give it a try.You'll eat it for the rest of your life.
• United States
4 Jun 08
I like mine fried until it's crunchy but I don't like it burnt. I don't like burnt food. Sometimes I'll eat it on toast with butter but it just depends on how I'm feeling that day.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
5 Jun 08
Ummm pass, I don't know what scrapple is either and have never heard of it.
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@surveygrrl (1270)
• United States
6 Jun 08
I personally don't like scrapple but my dad an brother would eat it a lot with breakfast. They would just fry it up in a pan.
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@jerzgirl (9233)
• United States
4 Jun 08
We buy ours either from the Amish market or from the Pork Store (God, that place smells wonderful - all that smoke from the smokehouse!!), so we know the meat content is higher and it is delicious!! I slice it thin and fry it crispy. My mother eats it with catsup on toast like a sandwich. I'll either eat it by the slice or maybe half of the slices alone and half on buttered toast with catsup. I like sausage gravy, too, but I don't think I'd eat the two of them together. But, scrapple is wonderful!! Mom still has the pans her father used to use when he raised pigs and made scrapple. We are VERY familiar with it.
@dfollin (24172)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I didn't think it would be good either.I deceided I would try it then send it back.But,I bit into it and never sent it back,it tasted alot better then I expected. I have never been to the amish country,but the more I here about it,the better it sounds.That meat sounds absolutley wonderful.
• United States
4 Jun 08
LMAO....Ohhhhhh wow! What a blast from the past! I haven't heard that word in years! One of my room mates in college used to eat it and we all made fun of her for it! scrapple! LOL :)
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@zoey7879 (3092)
• United States
6 May 09
yum yummy! .. I have to say though, I think that its more popular in the southern states vs the northern states. I'd never heard of it until I moved to Alabama, by way of a family from Virginia. I wish it was easily available here where I live now.