From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 15:00:14 MST
> (Damien Broderick <thespike@earthlink.net>):
>
> > Ah. The word "ScrappleFace" had no meaning to me
> > Question: what does "scrapple" refer to?
>
> Doesn't matter, but since you ask, Google tells me that scrapple is
> `cornmeal mush made with the meat and broth of pork, seasoned with onions,
> spices and herbs and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying." The word,
> scrapple originates from "scrap" or "scrappy" meaning made up of odds and
> ends for that's exactly what it is - boiled, ground leftover pig scraps with
> cornmeal and spices thrown in. Scrapple lovers think of it as food for the
> gods. Anti-scrapplers consider it a culinary abomination.'
Having once lived in Allentown, PA, where it is a common menu
item in local diners, I am definitely in the latter camp. The
way it's made there, it's not even ground into unrecognizable
bits the way a sausage is to hide its origins: it actually looks
like scraps from the floor of the slaughterhouse, even after
cooking. It's probably a bit hypocritical of me that I do like
real Mexican chorizo; but at least there the spices dominate the
flavor and the texture is fine enough that it doesn't actually
look like salivary glands and lymph nodes.
Laws and sausages, etc...
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