Scrapple: What it Is, and How to Make Some

Scrapple: What it Is, and How to Make SomeLatest news update about;Scrapple: What it Is, and How to Make Some;Scrapple is one of those foods, like sugarplums, that everyone has likely heard of yet few of us actually know what it is. Fewer still have probably tasted it in our lifetimes. The ultimate leftover dish, scrapple is one step beyond hash – a mush of leftover pork and meat trimmings, mixed with cornmeal and flour into a substance firm enough to slice into slabs and fry in hot butter or fat until crisp (or at least browned) on both sides. Locally called “everything but the oink”Scrapple: What it Is, and How to Make Some, scrapple makes use of hog offal (think: head, heart, liver, kidney), which are boiled to make a broth, to which cornmeal is added to make a mush. The finely ground meat is returned to the pot along with seasonings like sage, thyme, savory, and pepper. Although it’s typically made to use up leftovers, you can buy scrapple in some grocery stores in the mid-Atlantic states. (Or so I hear – I haven’t seen evidence of this myself. Then again I’ve never been to a mid-Atlantic state.)Scrapple: What it Is, and How to Make Some

Scrapple: What it Is, and How to Make Some