Posted on 11/09/2023 6:23:38 AM PST by Red Badger
NATIONAL SCRAPPLE DAY National Scrapple Day on November 9th recognizes the first pork food invented in America. For those not familiar with scrapple, it is traditionally a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal, wheat flour, and spices, such as sage, thyme, savory and black pepper. The mush is then formed into a semi-solid loaf, sliced and pan-fried.
#NationalScrappleDay Scrapple is also known by the Pennsylvania Dutch name pon haus, and the immediate ancestor of scrapple was the Low German dish called panhas. Local settlers adapted the dish to make use of locally available ingredients.
Blue Question Mark When is National Pennsylvania Day? During the 17th and 18th centuries, German colonists who settled near Philadelphia and Chester County, Pennsylvania, developed the first recipes for scrapple. With such a rich heritage, many strongly associate scrapple with rural areas surrounding Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, eastern Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula.
Supermarkets offer scrapple throughout the regions in both refrigerated and frozen cases. Did you know some recipes for scrapple include beef, chicken, or turkey? Instead of pan-frying scrapple, try deep-frying or broiling it for a different texture. Scrapple makes an excellent breakfast sidedish. Try your scrapple with a side of apple butter, ketchup, jelly, maple syrup, honey, horseradish, or mustard. HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL SCRAPPLE DAY Introduce a friend to this regional favorite. Take them out to your favorite restaurant serving scrapple. While you're there, give the cook a shout out! Another way to celebrate is by sharing your best scrapple recipes or trying your hand at some of these tasty eats. And don't forget to use #NationalScrappleDay to share your celebration on social media, too!
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NATIONAL SCRAPPLE DAY HISTORY
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November 9th Celebrated (And Not So Celebrated) History
1906
President Theodore Roosevelt departs for Panama on the first official international trip by a chief executive. The purpose of his trip was to inspect the construction of the Panama Canal. The President and the First Lady traveled aboard the U.S.S. Louisiana and arrived in Panama on November 14th.
1967
NASA launches the Apollo 4 unmanned Earth-orbital space mission.
1967
Rolling Stone's first cover features John Lennon. The publication was the collaborative effort of Jann Wenner and jazz critic Ralph Gleason.
1985
At the age of 22, Garry Kasparov becomes the youngest winner of the World Chess Championship by defeating Anatoly Karpov.
1989
After twenty-eight years, East Berlin opens its borders. East and West Berliners join in a massive celebration that is witnessed by the entire world.
November 9th Celebrated (And Not So Celebrated) Birthdays
Benjamin Banneker -1731
The African American farmer, mathematician, and astronomer worked alongside Andrew Ellicott surveying the land for the future capital of the United States. He was also an author and publisher with several volumes of an almanac to his name.
Gail Borden - 1801
The persistent innovator received patent No. 15,553 for a process of making evaporated milk. This condensed and preserved milk led to a product line produced by the Borden Family of Companies.
Florence Sabin - 1871
In 1917, the medical scientist teaching embryology and histology became the first woman to hold a full professorship at John Hopkins School of Medicine.
Hedy Lamarr - 1913
The stunning actress graced the silver screen for nearly 30 years. During that time she made an incredible contribution to science that we continue to utilize today. In 1942, she co-developed with George Antheil a radio signaling device that alternates radio frequencies. During World War II, the device helped the military to send coded messages securely and thwarted the enemy's attempts decoding them. Today, the same technology applies to cellular communications.
Choi Hong Hi - 1918
Drawing from his military experience, Choi Hong Hi studied a variety of martial arts, developing Taekwondo.
Alice Coachman - 1923
During the 1948 London Olympics, the track and field high jumper became the first Black woman to win a gold medal. Her record-breaking jump cleared the bar at 5 feet 6 inches.
Carl Sagan - 1934
Sagan focused an entire generation on science. The scientist not only made significant contributions to research and development but also made science attainable in the world of education.
Everything but the squeal! Ping!.....................
I’d try it.
Once
Bon Appetit!
I tried it a couple times there was a cafeteria in this building that I was doing some contract work in and they had it on the breakfast line. It’s sort of liver tasting to me.
I worked with an electrician from Delaware and his dad worked at Hormel and he told me every Friday dad came home with two buckets of fresh scrapple... yum?
Add some of your favorite hot sauce, and it’s delicious!...............
I actually like liver...and onions. Package in the freezer now
Scrapple would need some kind of sauce or gravy I would think
I do like my hot sauce
Horseradish too
After all the leftover stuff is scraped up from the floor in the Butcher’s kitchen, including all of the sawdust . . .
after they make the .99¢ Bologna . . .
whatever is left . . .
they use that to make Scrapple.
It’s actually really great stuff.
Ate tons of it when I was a kid.
Opa had it around all the time.
There have been times when a pound of scrapple would have been a heavenly gift!................
Jo would you love to scrapple
She’ll never say no, no!
I have memories of the scrapple my father made. None of them fond.
Grew up in MD. We had scrapple. I still get it in CO. Panfried with scrambled eggs, rice, and kimchi. Add a little soy sauce on the scrapple and rice, paprika on the eggs. That will hold be until supper.
But I also like SPAM.
Parts is pieces parts..................
Just returned from PA with a 5 lb pan of scrapple from Dietrich’s meat market outside of Hamburg. The best I’ve ever had.
CAREFUL.
Biden will charge you wit smuggling meat across stet lines.................
Done right, scrapple can be delicious. But it is definitely an acquired taste, and just don’t think about the ingredients.
Our family is split between “slice it super thin and fry it up crispy” and “cut a slab and semi-deep-fry, crispy outside, soft inside” factions, so I do both.
With some ketchup (spicy & homemade is best), toast and dippy eggs, it’s lovely. Hmmm... I think we’ll be having “breakfast for dinner” tonight...
I’m a ‘crispy on the outside, tender on the inside’ type. With a dash of cayenne...................
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