What is Scrapple and What Does it Contain?
Scrapple is a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch sausage loaf made from pork, cornmeal, & spices. Discover its German panhas origins, and what’s inside it.
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What Are Sweetbreads? (Hint: It’s Not Sugared Bread)
A sweetbread is not a sugared pastry, which is what you’d be justified in thinking. Usually, when people tell you what sweetbreads are, they get it wrong, or only half right. Many people believe sweetbreads are testicles or calves’ brains. Others believe sweetbreads are just a nice-sounding name for internal organs or offal. In this … Read more
Greek Trahana: The Ancient “Sour” Pasta You’ve Never Had
Trahana is sometimes referred to as sort of a Greek pasta, and that is essentially what it is: a small granular pasta. While we mostly think of pasta as an Italian specialty, Greece has dozens of traditional pastas as well. For instance, Greece has something called nioki. Nope, it is not a relative of Italian gnocchi. It … Read more