I made scrapple yesterday.

[woofless]

Ma grew up in Philly and often served scrapple for breakfast when we were growing up North of Boston. It was one of those defining tastes you never forget. Now having lived most of my life far from the northeast I haven't had scrapple for years. What I did manage to try was frozen product that just did not satisfy. After reading many recipes online I realized how easy it is to make this stuff.

I started with a couple pounds of pork butt that had been cooked low and slow in a dutch oven. I took the fat off the half cup or so of gelatin left from roasting the pork. I processed the meat until it was finely ground but not pate'. I needed about 4 cups of liquid. I reduced the water from a ham boiled dinner and scored about two cups of gelatinized juice. I mixed 1 1/2 Cups of water with 3 cups of corn meal to hydrate the cereal. I combined the liquid with the meat in a dutch oven on the stove. I added 1/4 teaspoon each of ground clove, allspice, nutmeg, and thyme. Several good cranks on the pepper grinder. Once at a slow boil I added the wet corn meal in batches and whisked it in to avoid clumps. Once all the cereal was mixed in I stirred it at a simmer for about five minutes. It's just making mush! I loaded the mixture into a loaf pan, covered it and refrigerated overnight.

This morning I de-molded the scrapple and it came right out. It is very firm and well set. There IS a lot of gelatin on this batch. I dusted a slice on both sides lightly with flour and fried it in butter. A couple fried eggs and some toast, and you'lda thought Ma was there. I sliced it all and individually wrapped the slices to freeze. I will do this again with some pork bought just for the purpose. There's tons of room for playing with a recipe like this.

Woof

[tigereye]

1. my grandmother used to make it- my parents only bought

it from the store. It's kind of bizarre stuff, but it tasted good fried, at the time. I haven't had any for years, since I don't typically eat pork.


Nice job!

[kestrel91316]

2. I never had scrapple until an uncle made it for me 25 years ago.

I LOVED it, and don't make it nearly often enough.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. I **love** scrapple. My cardiologist doesn't like me to like scrapple.

I have it maybe once a year.

[Lucinda]

4. I've never had it! Glad you found a way to recreate it.

I worked forever to find the taste of my grandmothers chicken and dumplings. I love resurrecting an old family favorite. :)

[woofless]

5. I had fun with it and it tastes great.

Easy enough to control the fat if that is an issue. Now I need to get the gumption up to try Ma's plum pudding and hard sauce.

Woof