FOOD NEWS
The Festival Devoted Almost Exclusively To Scrapple
By Nico Danilovich
Scrapple is a traditional Mid-Atlantic pork snack made with pig meat including organs like the heart, head, and liver, as well as minced bones, cornmeal, and flour. It is spiced and cooked into a loaf, but there are different ways to make it and a variety of ways to use it.
The Los Angeles Times says scrapple began in the 1600s as a peasant tradition, where people would make sure that nothing went to waste. It became so popular that centuries later there is a festival in Bridgeville, Delaware, called the Apple Scrapple, held every October.
The event celebrates both scrapple and apples, which grow a lot in the area. The festival features everything from carnival rides to entertainment and has grown from an event garnering a couple of thousand people to a convention that attracts tens of thousands, who line up to try apple dumplings and scrapple sandwiches.