"Cape Cod Bob" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:28:02 -0500, "Felice Friese"
> > wrote:
>
>>The VCS scrapple comes in a 28-ounce (#10?) can and because of the
>>diameter
>>and some air bubbles it doesn't lend itself to slicing. So I de-canned the
>>bulk and formed it into patties (chilling helps) and pan-fried them.
>>
>>Mother served it with fried cornmeal mush, but I made some cheese grits.
>
> Isn't scrapple and grits redundant? Scrapple is pig whatevers plus
> cornmeal mush.

Nope. Scrapple is pig whatevers with just enough cornmeal to hold them
together. Cornmeal mush or grits are just grains, with no pig stuff. Think
one meat and one starch.

Felice