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platedlizard ([info]platedlizard) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-12-02 00:14:00
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Scrapple, it's what's for breakfast.
Everyone loves vintage wank, and everyone loves food wank. So what happens when we mix the two of them together?

Pure Gold.

In thoroughly modern fashion, EPICURE’s recipe was almost immediately wikified. PORCUPINE warned against over-frying the scrapple, A HOUSEKEEPER swapped in Graham flour, and MIDDLETOWN gave her method for removing excess grease.

Only PHYSICIAN seemed content with the dish as it was, calling it “a positive luxury, throwing the Frenchman’s pâté de foie gras entirely into the shade.”

As always, the haters far outnumbered the fans: One reader declared that he’d just as soon fry bread in lard and eat it than partake in what others called an “abominable mess,” a “culinary fraud upon the stomach” and a great way to contract trichinosis.

Many thanks to the NY Times for the excellent wank report article.

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tetradecimal
2009-12-02 01:40 pm UTC (link)
The first time I had scrapple, I'm pretty sure I went through the entire Kübler-Ross model of grief and tragedy.

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(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2009-12-02 03:51 pm UTC
Re: - [info]undomielregina, 2009-12-02 06:09 pm UTC

[info]mer1973
2009-12-02 01:42 pm UTC (link)
My mom hates scrapple. This might have something to do with the fact that her mom use to make it after slaughtering the hog.

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X. Y. Z. = tl;dr
[info]galateus
2009-12-02 02:04 pm UTC (link)
That was some classic off-topic thoughts on yaoi. This whole wank is just... it's beautiful. :D Thanks for sharing!

The use of lard in cooking is an American peculiarity, and is doing much injury to our American stomachs, causing more dyspepsia than will ever be cured by the nostrums of the quacks, or the drugs of the physicians.

PHYSICIAN's letter is obviously the 19th century's Super Size Me.

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Re: X. Y. Z. = tl;dr - [info]yoritomo_reiko, 2009-12-02 04:19 pm UTC
Re: X. Y. Z. = tl;dr - [info]crysiana, 2009-12-02 04:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]persona, 2009-12-02 05:16 pm UTC
Windwaker!Link! - [info]dez_chan, 2009-12-02 05:37 pm UTC
is not impressed! - [info]persona, 2009-12-03 06:34 pm UTC

[info]issendai
2009-12-02 02:28 pm UTC (link)
Scrapple is the food of my people. I loved it until a friend told me what was in it.

...All done now kthx.

It's good to have something to point to when people complain that the Internet is making people ruder. People have ALWAYS been rude; we just get to do it faster now that we don't have to wait for the editor to print our letter.


[Ages ago, someone said they had another Victorian letter-column wank. What happened to that?]

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(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2009-12-02 02:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]guillemette, 2009-12-03 06:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2009-12-03 11:59 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]white_serpent, 2009-12-02 07:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]melannen, 2009-12-02 10:14 pm UTC

[info]lady_ganesh
2009-12-02 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Then, as now, board moderators answered to no one.

Ha!

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[info]sevendeadlyfun
2009-12-02 03:59 pm UTC (link)
For some reason, vintage wank seems both more dignified and slightly adorable in ways that present day wank does not.

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(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-12-02 05:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tabula_x_rasa, 2009-12-03 03:45 am UTC

[info]silmaril
2009-12-02 04:08 pm UTC (link)
It’s all there: the pseudonymous “usernames,” the off-topic ranting, the preoccupation with pork fat.

So beautiful. *single tear of appreciation* Thank you for sharing this.

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(no subject) - [info]scifantasy, 2009-12-02 06:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]silmaril, 2009-12-02 06:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]scifantasy, 2009-12-02 07:25 pm UTC

[info]tarash
2009-12-02 04:17 pm UTC (link)
Ooh, balkenbrij! It's all right.

And proof that the Dutch should probably not bother with food when it comes to dinner. We can do breakfast and desserts and are all right at lunch, we're just hopeless at dinner.

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(no subject) - [info]risha, 2009-12-02 04:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tarash, 2009-12-02 04:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]risha, 2009-12-02 04:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tarash, 2009-12-02 10:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2009-12-02 08:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tarash, 2009-12-02 10:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-12-27 09:10 pm UTC

[info]risha
2009-12-02 04:18 pm UTC (link)
I'd talk more about how awesome vintage wank is, but the article has succeeded in making me exceedingly hungry.

I now deeply regret turning down my mother's offer of her extra scrapple when I was down there (just south of Philly) over Thanksgiving. D:

(In other news, my spellchecker doesn't recognize "scrapple". Fail, Firefox, major fail.)

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(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2009-12-03 02:08 am UTC

[info]doomsday
2009-12-02 04:52 pm UTC (link)
Wankers of today have no patience. Imagine these people all waiting for days for the editor to publish their adversaries' letters, and then having to march home and write out a response, mail it in, and wait a few more days for that to be published. Kids these days and their internets and their F5!

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(no subject) - [info]pariforma, 2009-12-02 08:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mummimamma, 2009-12-02 08:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cinnamonical, 2009-12-03 10:26 am UTC

[info]blankverses
2009-12-02 05:09 pm UTC (link)
My Nana and her large Italian family are from Pottstown, PA. I can tell you for a certainty that when she was still alive and living with us, there was scrapple in our house at all times. Almost like emergency rations line up in the cupboard. Nana called those emergencies breakfast, and broke out the scrapple at every given opportunity.

I was down for it when I was younger, but haven't really had any since I moved to college and then out on my own, and have worked my way around into being scared to try it again. Because that blots out a portion of my childhood if my adult tastebuds have wised up to what's going on in that can.

That being said, I'm pleased to note the crazy vintage wanking was about scrapple. I'd say "who does that", except knowing my family, my great-grandmother and everyone of similar generation were wanking about it, too.

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(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2009-12-02 08:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]edelweiss, 2009-12-02 09:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2009-12-03 02:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2009-12-03 03:17 am UTC

[info]overlord_mordax
2009-12-02 05:32 pm UTC (link)
It warms my heart to see an old wank brought to new life in the comments of the NY Times.

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[info]varethane
2009-12-02 05:39 pm UTC (link)
I had never heard of scrapple prior to today, but now I shall be sure to steer well clear if I ever hear of it again. Blech.

The letters are highly entertaining, though! My favourite is the random use of quotation marks and parentheses.

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[info]pariforma
2009-12-02 06:18 pm UTC (link)
Hate scrapple, loved the NYT article. Thanks very much for posting this!

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[info]singe
2009-12-02 06:23 pm UTC (link)
I've never had scrapple and now I really want to try it. At least once!

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(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-12-03 07:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2009-12-03 06:17 pm UTC

[info]mcity
2009-12-02 07:09 pm UTC (link)
It was PHRENOLOGIST, in the DINING ROOM, with the SCRAPPLE.

Right?

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[info]sequinedlizard
2009-12-02 07:42 pm UTC (link)
I've only had scrapple once. It wasn't bad, although trying to describe it to others leads to interesting looks. The fact it was cooked by my very quiet scruffy, muscley, hairy, befanged woodsman friend that tended to answer questions with one word is just extra bonus.

"Patrick, what is this?"
"Scrapple."
"What's it from?"
"Pig."
"What parts?"
"Leftover."
"What color is it before you cook it?"
"Grey. Eat."

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(no subject) - [info]come_love_sleep, 2009-12-02 08:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sequinedlizard, 2009-12-02 08:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-12-03 04:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sequinedlizard, 2009-12-03 04:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2009-12-03 03:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sequinedlizard, 2009-12-03 03:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-12-03 04:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rachel_pi, 2010-01-07 04:36 am UTC
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[info]sarracenia
2009-12-02 08:39 pm UTC (link)
I want to try scrapple so badly now. I wonder if I could just use sausage.

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(no subject) - [info]risha, 2009-12-03 03:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sgaana, 2009-12-03 03:19 am UTC

[info]sneer
2009-12-02 08:48 pm UTC (link)
Holy shit, it's /ck/'s great-great-grandpa!

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[info]darkecology
2009-12-03 03:58 am UTC (link)
The article is getting some discussion on SteamFashion:

http://community.livejournal.com/steamfashion/2251791.html


Also, just the visual of the scrapple...really did look like a word like scrapple should. *gag*

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[info]melannen
2009-12-03 04:32 am UTC (link)
mmm, scrapple. It's what's for dinner! (No, really, it was. mmm, scrapple.)

The best meat-based food in the world! Also, since it's mostly cornmeal and leftover bits, it practically counts as vegetarian for ethical purposes!

You can actually still get people in the Mid-Atlantic states wanking over which brands of supermarket scrapple are acceptable. :D (Rapa, fyi.)

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(no subject) - [info]melannen, 2009-12-03 04:39 am UTC

redwarrior
2009-12-04 12:45 am UTC (link)
Good to see people have been wanking waaaay before the Internet was even thought of.

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[info]inalasahl
2009-12-04 09:45 pm UTC (link)
Wow, there's even teal deer in the form of X.Y.Z.'s letter about marriage!

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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-12-05 04:41 am UTC (link)
My main exposure to Scrapple was when I was bussing in to school in 7th and 8th grade, the little girl in front of me would bring Scrapple with her to eat as her breakfast.

Knowing what was in it, I was thoroughly grossed out.

But God, it smelled SO GOOD.

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[info]rachel_pi
2010-01-07 04:38 am UTC (link)
This is kind of like the argument my parents have on a semi-regular basis, only in letter form and much more pompous.

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