The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47051   Message #2676640
Posted By: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
10-Jul-09 - 11:25 AM
Thread Name: What's 'Scrapple'?????
Subject: RE: What's 'Scrapple'?????
My adopted Mom, who just passed away at 100, was from a large Mennonite family based in rural Kansas. Their ancestors had come from Holland and Germany. Her particular group came from a region south of present day Ukraine, formerly part of Prussia. They adapted their folk recipes to utilize locally available produce, etc. Scrapple is best known as a Pennsylvania Dutch specialty, but it is simply part of the "nothing wasted" school of cooking common to most Mennonite communities of an earlier era.