Catspaw,

So you like scrapple, but aren't fond of hominy. Oh do I have the dish for you. Around here they make a concoction called "Pudding". No, not the Bill Cosby stuff. It is a concoction of meat by-products. In fact, it is simply scrapple without the corn meal. Now, you wouldn't want to eat it by itself. Refrigerated, it comes in blocks (poured into an aluminum loaf pan). A slice in the frying pan, however, soon turns into a semiliquid mess.

Well, the only way to eat "Pudding" is with Hominy. Now you can put the hominy on the side or you can put the "Pudding" over the top like gravy on mashed potatoes. But you eat 'em together. Lots of Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch) in Carroll County and this is a traditional breakfast treat. The main reason I go to Church Breakfast's in my county is to get a couple of helpings of Hominy and Pudding. Local restaurants are seldom bold enough to have this dish on their menu. Scrapple is pretty common on menus.

Gee, Sandy, I like Hominy better than grits. And after you have had your Hominy and Pudding you might want to prepare for Cottage Cheese and Apple Butter for lunch or dinner. These two dishes show up on many a salad bar for they are a classic Carroll County side dish when combined.

And speaking of Apple Butter, the only civilized way to eat scrapple is covered with a layer of refrigerated Apple Butter. Oh the crispness of the scrapple mingles with the soft texture of the apple butter. The hot greasy fried taste of the scrapple is countered by the sweet coolness of the apple butter. Hm, Hm, good!

Well, it could be I'm going off the diet this weekend just because of this thread.

Big RiB