▲ 516 ▼ TIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago* by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/til@lemmy.world 211 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/13/us/southern-practice-of-eating-dirt-shows-signs-of-waning.html
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 child) Scrapple is made from the stuff that's not good enough to go in to hotdogs. Source: I'm Pennsylvania Dutch, we invented it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fondots@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I once heard Spam described as "everything but the oink" And so when I describe scrapple, I usually start with that, and then describe scrapple as being "mostly oink" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago I once heard Spam described as "everything but the oink" And so when I describe scrapple, I usually start with that, and then describe scrapple as being "mostly oink" permalink fedilink source parent