Where can I get someone to fry up some Scrapple?

[orythedog]

I am very interested in identifying a restaurant that will fry up some scrapple for breakfast. I am not interested in buying it and preparing it for myself. Some scrapple, eggs, toast and a tasty cake for dessert sounds great. I'm willing to drive anywhere from Ventura county to San Diego. Your suggestions please...

[Tony Miller]

This discussion woke up my scrapple appetite, so this morning we had fried scrapple, eggs OE, fresh strawberries on the side. Mmmmmmm!

[orythedog]

On your rec jaisgirl, I called Corkscrew cafe and spoke to one of the owners. While they currently do not have it on the menu, he told me that it would be easy to get from one of his east coast vendors. He says he plans to do that since he is looking to add more breakfast menu items. As soon as he does, he will post a notice on the website: http://www.corkscrewcafemb.com/. Next time I'm in the mood for a cheesesteak, I'm going there. Thanks for the heads up!

[jaisgirl2006]

Corkscrew Cafe in Manhattan Beach is owned and operated by two brothers from Philly. They serve up scrapple! Also a great place at night for wine and dinner.

[Will Owen]

Oh, please do tell us where the Corkscrew Cafe is! I don't get to Manhattan Beach very often, but I keep reading assertions on this board that it's a culinary Dead Zone, or close to it, and I'd like to find any exception to that I can.

[wilafur]

i think this is it. but i don't see scrapple on the menu.

http://www.corkscrewcafemb.com/

[Will Owen]

Lots of these downloadable menus, like the ones they give out by the door to take home, just have items they know are going to be pemanent, which in this case might not include scrapple, even though it's possible that they do offer it. I'm sorry to see the sit-down breakfast is on weekends only, since when I get down there it's usually a working day. Oh, well - there's always that Jones stuff at Ralphs...

[orythedog]

I looked both on the Doughboys menu and Paty's in Toluca Lake and although I am eager to try them both (because they look like solid breakfast places) my thoughts are:

Paty's in Toluca Lake - Their dish is called scrabble and it's not the same thing; looks to be more like a scramble with items like spinach

Doughboys - This version is probably as SauceSupreme describes; an update on a classic

WillOwen seems to know. My question is can you recomend anywhere in LA?

[Will Owen]

May well be a fruitless quest. The only place outside Pennsylvania I've EVER seen scrapple offered in a restaurant was outside of Nashville at a Dutch Maid, a restaurant chain that finally died off in the '70s. Doughboys' version might very well be as close as you can get...just glad I don't mind cooking my own.

[katydid13]

Actually I've seen Scrapple on the menu at some NJ diners, like Olga's (in Cherry Hill) and others.

[Emme]

and Paty's in Toluca Lake

[Diana]

Emme, tell me more about Paty's!

[Emme]

chedck these out...

http://www.patysrestaurant.com/featured.html
http://www.patysrestaurant.com/menu.pdf

[Diana]

Ohh, see, they serve scraBBle- and egg dish. The op wanted ScraPPle-something WAY different.

But man, patys looks good! How are thier pancakes, buiscuits and gravy and such?

[mrshankly]

I second Doughboys on that. The portion is HUGE!!!

[orythedog]

Ok, so I 'm ready to try it this weekend. My question though is, does it resemble the Scrapple one would be able to get in Pennsylvania which is pan fried? The Doughboys menu online mentioned pan fried grits mixed with braised pork. Wikkipedia actually has a good description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple

[Will Owen]

That would be nice, but it ain't scrapple. Scrapple is a sort of combination headcheese, haggis, and cornmeal mush, all cooked together and then poured into a mold to set up. Scrapple is to the dish you describe as a soufflé is to scrambled eggs. Please understand I'm not dissing anyone here: I actually like scrambled eggs a lot more than I do soufflés...

[Toph]

I have heard scrapple described as "all the parts of the pig that they won't put into sausage"..I grew up near Philadelphia, and have had my fair share of scapple - if I never eat it agian it will be too soon.

[SauceSupreme]

The wonderful thing about Doughboys is they take classics on end, retaining the spirit, but using more high-end cuts. S**t-on-a-Shingle isn't supposed to use sliced steak and sourdough bread, and likewise Scrapple isn't supposed to use pulled pork. That way you can indulge without feeling too guilty.

[Tony Miller]

The best breakfast I ever had in my life was in a Pennsylvania Dutch place near Lancaster: great fried eggs, scrapple, and crumb cake -- all perfect. I have never found anything remotely its equal elsewhere.

As I, too, love scrapple, I made several pilgramages to Doughboys. It took three visits before they actually had it, and when I got it I was disappointed.
Thick and mushy, odd meaty-but-not-spicy flavor, no crispy edges. Now I make it at home using "the Jones stuff at Ralphs", and it tastes sublime.

[PlonkMan]

Is the scrapple still on the menu at Doughboys? I don't remember seeing it my last time there.

[SauceSupreme]

My favorite scrapple (and SOS) is at Doughboys. Wouldn't you know it, they have some great cake, too.

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1156 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038