Hey, scrapple. It’s been a while. I consider this the end of the European history of scrapple. Soon I make my move on to the American history of scrapple. If any of this is unclear, please comment and let me know so I can fix it. I had some conflicting sources with this one. The [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Scrapple: Its Final European History
Posted in American Traditions, European History, Mystery Meats, Pennsylvania Dutch, tagged bad coming to america references, gingerbread, scrapple on April 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
By The Way: Philly Science Fest
Posted in Food Science, tagged cheese, franken-food, GMO, i'm bad at reading directions, philadelphia science festival on April 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After missing the first Philly Science Festival event I planned on going to (following directions – not my strong point), I made certain to get to Modified last night. It was a look at GMO’s and the future of food. Like most of the people there (I can make this assumption based on the questions [...]
Why? Why Do You Make Me Eat Gefilte Fish?
Posted in Fish, Holidays, Jewish Traditions, tagged citations!, fishloaf, gefilte fish, jewish traditions on April 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m not fully Jewish. My dad is the Jew. My mom was raised Catholic. We celebrate both major holidays of each tradition. Our gatherings are always small. My family has a lax way of celebrating the holidays. Mommy’s side of the family all lives in England (she’s British) and Daddy’s side of the family all [...]
Gefilte Fish
Posted in Fish, Holidays, Jewish Traditions, tagged geflite fish, weird jelly on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wanna know what gefilte fish is? Wanna know why it’s eaten? So do I, considering it’s been pushed on me for years. I’ll let you know. Keep eating and asking, my friends. Esther
Scrapple: It’s Early European Origins
Posted in Mystery Meats, tagged early european, mystery meat, origins, scrapple on April 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I guess the most important thing about having an interest in food and food writing is the willingness to try new things. Take a shot at something you normally would gag at the thought of. It seems that in that area, I lack. Example: Scrapple. I would not eat it. I outright refused with very [...]
Some Events I Missed
Posted in Food Science, tagged philadelphia science festival on April 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was reading through all the events and I realized I missed some on my short write-up yesterday (shame on me!). Here they are: Monday, April 18, 7pm – Drinking and Thinking: An Introduction to Biomedical Ethics This one isn’t about food, but it’s being hosted at the South Philly Tap Room. Biomedical ethics refers [...]
My Exciting Discovery: Philadelphia Science Festival
Posted in Food Science, tagged excited, food science, OMG YOU CAN TASTE LIKE A LION, philadelphia science festival on April 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Philadelphia is having its first ever Science Festival! April 15 – April 28! Some of you may already know about it, but I didn’t. Boy, am I excited. I am a big science enthusiast, even if I’m not very good at it. In fact, it’s a dream of mine to be an elementary school science [...]
ScrappleFest Pictures
Posted in American Traditions, Mystery Meats, Pennsylvania Dutch, tagged habbersett, liedy's, oh how i was wrong, pennsylvania dutch, scrapple, scrapplefest, YUM on April 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Here are some ScrappleFest 2011 pictures: Please click more for more. Cause there’s more.
