scrapple
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scrap·ple
(skrăp′əl)n.
A mush of ground pork and cornmeal that is set in a mold and then sliced and fried.
[ Diminutive of scrap.]
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scrapple
(ˈskræpəl)n
(Cookery) US scraps of pork cooked with cornmeal and formed into a loaf
[C19: from scrap1]
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scrap•ple
(ˈskræp əl)n.
cornmeal mush combined with pork bits, seasoned, and sliced for frying.
[1850–55, Amer.; appar. scrap1]
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Scrapple
Similar to Headcheese, except that cornmeal was mixed with the meat. After cooling, the scrapple was usually cut into thin sections and fried.
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| Noun | 1. | scrapple - scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" loaf - a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese" |
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