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scrapple (SKRAP-uhl) - n., a mush of pork scraps (particularly head parts) and seasoned cornmeal or wheat flour, which is boiled then poured into a mold to jell into a loaf.
The loaf is then sliced and then pan-fried. This is a distinctly American thing of the mid-Atlantic states -- originally a Pennsylvania Dutch thing (called panhaas by them, as well as local Mennonites and Amish) but also found in nearby Appalachian regions. The point being to use as much of the pig as possible (compare head cheese). The English name is a diminutive of scrap, first recorded in the 1810s.
(I keep expecting this to mean a variety of apple cider. My guessing sense for English vocabulary does not always steer me right.)
---L.
The loaf is then sliced and then pan-fried. This is a distinctly American thing of the mid-Atlantic states -- originally a Pennsylvania Dutch thing (called panhaas by them, as well as local Mennonites and Amish) but also found in nearby Appalachian regions. The point being to use as much of the pig as possible (compare head cheese). The English name is a diminutive of scrap, first recorded in the 1810s.
(I keep expecting this to mean a variety of apple cider. My guessing sense for English vocabulary does not always steer me right.)
---L.
