Scrapple

Ingredients

• a pig’s-head
• season highly with salt and pepper
• season highly with salt and pepper
• a little powdered sage
• add corn meal till of the consistency of soft mush

Method

1. 1

   Clean and boil the pig's head in plenty of water for four to five hours until the bones slip easily from the meat.

2. 2

   Remove bones, chop the meat, skim off grease, and return meat to the pot.

3. 3

   Season and add corn meal until it reaches the consistency of soft mush.

4. 4

   Cook slowly for one hour, pour into pans, and cool.

5. 5

   Slice and fry for breakfast.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckeye cookery (1892), page 209. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ScRAPPLE.—Scrape and clean well a pig’s-head as directed in ‘‘ Pig’s-head > Cheese,’’ put on to boil in plenty of water, and cook four or five hours— until the bones will slip easily from the meat; take out, remove bones, and chop the meat fine, skim off the grease from liquor in pot, and return the chopped meat to it; season highly with salt and pepper, and a little pow: dered sage if liked, andadd corn meal till of the consistency of soft mush

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