Whew. Sorry for the delay. This scrapple business is kicking my butt. I’ve got piles of information on scrapple, and after learning its other names I’m going to end up with piles more. I’ll break the post up into parts. I have yet to know how many parts there will be, but I anticipate at [...]
Archive for March, 2011
All Scrappled Out
Posted in American Traditions, Mystery Meats, Pennsylvania Dutch, tagged charlie parker, research overload, scrapple from the apple on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gearing Up For ScrappleFest 2011.
Posted in Mystery Meats, Pennsylvania Dutch, tagged i'm terrified of mystery meat products, lame buffy references, scrapple, scrapplefest on March 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s almost here. Tomorrow from 10am to 4pm, Scrapple will take over Reading Terminal Market. Weak of heart, be warned. Here’s a description of what’s goin’ on. And here’s a picture of two of the victims: /photoshop’d In other news, I hit the Book Jackpot. It was a little bit magical. If you like research [...]
Something Meaty This Way Comes
Posted in American Traditions, Mystery Meats, Pennsylvania Dutch, tagged hamantaschen, i'm terrified of mystery meat products, pumpple, scrapple on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Baker E, of Flying Monkey Bakery in Reading Terminal Market, Pumpple Cake, and Food Network fame, stopped by Green Aisle today to drop off Whoopie Pies. She informed me that Scrapplefest at Reading Terminal is coming up this Saturday. She suggested, in celebration of something I am terrified to eat, I write a bit about scrapple. [...]
Green Beer and Irish Potatoes Candy
Posted in American Traditions, Holidays, tagged green beer, irish potatoes, there were never any snakes in ireland on March 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I sit here writing this, I am being attacked by two Pugs, a Labrador, and my sinus infected boyfriend. So please forgive any missed spelling or grammar errors. Big hint: if you’re looking for books on St. Patrick’s Day, don’t start looking the day before the event. They’ll all be checked out. There are [...]
St. Patrick's Day
Posted in American Traditions, tagged green beer, irish potatoes, st. patricks on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be looking at two American St. Patrick’s day traditions this week: Irish Potatoes Candy and Green Beer From preliminary research, I’ve discovered this is going to take some phone calls. I’ve found a few myths about the green beer, but I’ll share those with you on Thursday. Look back then to see what I’ve [...]
My Inbox Overfloweth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged suggestions on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve gotten a lot of great suggestions from a bunch of people I’ve invited to my Facebook event. They’re varied, interesting, and, well, complicated. Looks like I’ve got my work cut out for me. Here’s a bunch of them: -Comfort foods – where they originated and why we eat them -Pennsylvania Dutch New Year’s – [...]
The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How's of Food.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged suggestions, welcome on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hi Everyone, I need a little research help. I’m starting a food blog. I know, not another one, but hear me out. The point of the blog is not to review restaurants or make anyone despise me due to a superiority complex, but to do an anthropological survey of food. Not an all-encompassing history, but [...]
