National Scrapple Day is Delaware’s perfect excuse to eat weird meat bricks

Delaware is entrenched in a foodie civil war that can be summed up with one question: Do you like to eat scrapple?

In this age-old conflict, there’s no middle ground. Some kids have grown into grandparents, now arming their grandbabies with forks to fight hunger on this pork-flavored battlefield. Yet, others have switched sides over the years, becoming traitors by joining the vegan resistance.

You can show which side of the food fight you belong to during the celebration of National Scrapple Day on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Here’s a brief overview about this deep-fried battle.

Scrapple is ranked No. 1 fall food in Delaware

It’s true that not everyone in Delaware likes scrapple, but a lot of people do.

Wealth of Geeks conducted a survey of 3,000 foodies to find the nation’s Top 50 fall foods, and the poll recently revealed scrapple ranked No. 1 in Delaware, No. 35 overall in the country.

What is scrapple?

Scrapple lovers, remember — not everyone in Delaware knows this beloved food, especially those who didn’t grow up here or in the tri-state area.

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