Re: [at-l] Spackle?? <was: breaking camp>

[Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

That's SCRAPPLE. It's a Pennsylvania-Dutch dish--kind of a loaf made from fillers
and the stuff that wasn't good enough to make it into hot dogs. It's usually
sliced and fried, and you can choose to bury it under catsup or apple butter. Now
that you know more than you want to, you realize why nobody serving you the food
wanted to tell you...

Give Me Chocolate

Jeremy Reiter wrote:

> Datto wrote:
> > Ha! That's why you lump it all on a slice of spackle. Cures yeast
> > infections, toenail fungus and -><- shrinks swollen membranes.
> >
> > Any of you Pennsylvanians out there still eating spackle? I grew up in
> > Johnstown where spackle was a staple. You could either spackle your
> > drywall or staple it, but not both.
> >
>
> So, can anyone out there provide a DEFINITE answer on exactly what spackle is?
> I believe it started showing up on menus once we hit Pennsylvania, and i
> gathered that it was some sort of a pork leftovers product. However, EVERY
> waiter/waitress that we asked gave a different, very vague answer, or they
> just admitted that they had no idea. It was pretty funny... we would always
> ask what it was just so we could see the confused expressions and hear what
> answer we were going to get next. Funny stuff.
>
> -Rambleon-
>
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