Final day in Philadelphia

Thursday was our last day in this great city. We had breakfast at a place called Snow White (it looked popular with the locals.) and found out what a scrapple was! Our best guess was scrambled apples of some kind...my 6 yr old daughter and I discovered ';Once Upon A Time'; storytellers and she was entertained while my older kids and husband learned about Christ Church. Storytellers are located around specific sites (there%26#39;s a map) and stories last 5-10 minutes long. Each child earns a star for each story they hear (13 sites in all) and earns a prize in the end.

The Franklin Museum was just opening so very few people were there. Soon, it was almost 1:00 P.M. and time to check out of the hotel. What a full morning! Still, my youngest wanted more stars on her story flag so while the others were checking out, we walked just around the corner from the Holiday Inn to see the Betsy Ross house and the Meeting House on 4th St.

My husband asked a few locals for cheese steak recommendations and most of them said Tony Lukes. We ordered the beef cheesesteak and pork cheesesteak. My kids like the beef whle I really liked the pork. They had eaten at Rick%26#39;s the day before and decided that Tony Luke%26#39;s was much better.

So, that was the end to our quick trip to Philly. We will definitely be back to experience the theater and other wonderful things your city has to offer!!!

Final day in Philadelphia

I grew up on Habbersett%26#39;s scrapple, love the stuff and now get it only when I am back in Philly. Your ';scrambled apples'; description is simply wonderful and truly may become a Philadelphia favorite. Thanks! But here is the less whimsical way that Wikipedia defines scrapple:

';Scrapple is a savory mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. The mush is formed into a loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then fried before serving. Scraps of meat left over from butchering, too small to be used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste. Scrapple is best known as a regional food of Delaware, South Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Scrapple is typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached (often the entire head), to make a broth. Once cooked, bones and fat are discarded, the meat is reserved, and (dry) cornmeal is boiled in the broth to make a mush. The meat, finely minced, is returned, and seasonings, typically sage, thyme, savory, and others are added. The mush is cast into loaves and allowed to cool thoroughly until gelled. The proportions and seasoning are very much a matter of the region and the cook%26#39;s taste.

Scrapple is arguably the first pork food invented in America. The culinary ancestor of scrapple was the Low German dish called Panhas, which was adapted to make use of locally available ingredients. The first recipes were created more than two hundred years ago by Dutch colonists who settled near Philadelphia and Chester County, Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries.';

Final day in Philadelphia

And Tylerarb%26#39;s description of scrapple is still generous. Anything that isn%26#39;t used for something else goes in. Lips, gums, and worse...

And just to keep you straight, anything called simply ';cheesesteak'; is beef. There is a ';chicken cheesesteak';, which has no beef, but instead has chicken. You pork sandwhich was not a cheesesteak at all, but another delicious Phiily favorite, a ';roast pork'; sandwich, best served with broccoli rabe and sharp provolone, but good no matter how you get it.

Sorry about the faux pas about the pork sandwich, owlyn. My husband ordered the food while I sat in the car with my daughter and I didn%26#39;t get to read the menu! The line was so long and cars were parking in the middle of the street - everyone seemed so casual about it. I expected a cop to have a field day giving out tickets!

Then you had a _true_ Philadelphia experience! Parking in the middle is technically illegal, but is a tradition at Tony Luke%26#39;s and on certain parts of Broad Street. Zero chance of getting a ticket. Worst that could happen is a cop would need to park there to get _his_ cheesesteak. :)

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