[MR] OT Trivia

Mon Sep 15 04:34:41 PDT 2008

>From WikiPedia: 

"Scrapple is a savory mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. The mush is formed into a loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then fried before serving. Scraps of meat left over from butchering, too small to be used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste. Scrapple is best known as a regional food of Delaware, South Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland."
Note that it isn't a Southern food, per se. I grew up eating liver pudding, which is similar but much better (assuming an affinity for liver). Liver pudding is hard to find in Northern Virginia, though. More southern "delicacies" are creeping in, however - we now have Duke's mayo and Cheerwine. 

Briana

> From: kyrilex at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [MR] OT Trivia> To: carealmk at yahoo.com; atlantia at atlantia.sca.org; darbyjanie at hotmail.com> > Would you be so kind as to explain 'scrapple' for someone born & raised so far south that she narrowly escaped the curse of being Trimarian?> -- Ceara ní Néill > http://HouseBarra.com > Quare Operor Quisquam Dimidium?> > > --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Janie Darby <darbyjanie at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > From: Janie Darby <darbyjanie at hotmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [MR] OT Trivia> > To: carealmk at yahoo.com, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org> > Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 11:12 PM> > There are plenty of places in Northern VA/DC that offer> > sweet tea.> > > > Personally, even though I grew up in NC, I don't> > willingly touch sweet tea, grits, or country ham unless> > I'm a guest in someone's home. Which means that when> > I visit my brother, I end up with two out of the three for> > breakfast every day. > > > > I do, however, like scrapple and liver pudding, much to my> > lord husband's disgust. > > > > And baked beans with breakfast is a staple in England (at> > least in B&Bs). Straight out of the can, without all of> > the yummy extras. > > > > And now I'm hungry...> > > > In Service,> > > > Briana Maclukas> > > > > > > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:46:58 -0700> From:> > carealmk at yahoo.com> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org;> > rscherer at infionline.net> Subject: Re: [MR] OT Trivia>> > > Since I posed the Tea question, I'll offer a quick> > story: > > I will admit that I have found grits in> > Bangor ME! In several places up there as well. Most being> > hardware stores that obviously have confused grits with> > grout or a wall patching compound. Though in a Walmart,> > during a desperate trip north in the middle of a snow storm> > (like we southerners know what those are..), I did find 3 -> > 5lb bags of old-fashioned grits covered in several inches of> > dust and surrounded by cobwebs on a bottom shelf. It was> > like finding that perfect piece of fabric at WSW for those> > of us that remember THAT place! I was amazed, as were my> > former in-laws! But what can you really expect from people> > who are so horribly confused that they have baked beans with> > their eggs at breakfast? Those poor people... I had to> > wait 'til supper before th> > e bathroom was 'safe' enough the enter without> > HAZMAT gear! Took months to work that out in therapy!>> > > <ok, mostly sarcasm! Please don't take anything> > personal if you're from ME or imported your dog from> > there or whatever. I love Maine and can't wait to go to> > Freeport again. I don't see a therapist. And it was> > lunchtime when the bathroom was safe.>> > As for> > the tea question: I forgot about McDonald's tea which> > does, indeed, offer our southern security blanket pretty> > much everywhere. Thanks Larry! The majority of places> > I've been to that are north of South Hill, VA do not> > give the pre-sweetened option. So my guess is route 58 east> > to the coast, then maybe a bit more north the further west> > you travel.> > :-)> Kate> > > --- On Sun,> > 9/14/08, Roy B. Scherer <rscherer at infionline.net>> > wrote:> From: Roy B. Scherer> > <rscherer at infionline.net>> Subject: Re: [MR] OT> > Trivia> To: carealmk at yahoo.com,> > atlantia at atlantia.sca.org> Date: Sunday, September 14,> > 2008, 8:22 PM> > At 12:36 > > PM 9/14/2008 -0700, Katheryn wrote:> >Ok, so the> > Mason Dixon Line question has been answered. But who >> > >knows where the "sweet tea" line is? This> > mythical line is in> the > >south and separates> > where restaurants have sweet tea 'on tap' vs >> > >having to order tea then sweeten it with the additive of> > your choice > >at the table.> > Now that THAT> > question has been answered, who can say where > the> > vastly more important "grits line" is? This is the> > point below > which you have to specify if you do NOT> > want grits to be served with > your eggs . . . or your> > hamburger, or your tofu creature, or your sirloin.> From> > my experience, somewhat dated, it would have to be >> > somewhere between Richmond VA and Hamlet NC.> -- YIS,>> > -- Britton> > > end> > - - Roy B. Scherer>> > [8 N. 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