[MR] OT Trivia

Mon Sep 15 04:40:40 PDT 2008

In other words its a desired taste (best eaten near burnt so you can't see the pig eye balls in it lol)....I'll pass on the liver =)


--- On Mon, 9/15/08, Janie Darby <darbyjanie at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Janie Darby <darbyjanie at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] OT Trivia
> To: kyrilex at yahoo.com, carealmk at yahoo.com, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 5:34 AM
> >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. Sheppard Street, Richmond, VA
> 23221; (804)> > 355-7612]>> >
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