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Some of my friends on here have asked me to post my Grandma Nettie's recipe for Scrapple. Scrapple is a yummy sausage of a sort made from the head of a pig. When I was a little kid I would get really excited about a pig's head ... it meant good eating to come.
Nettie's Scrapple
12 pounds hog head meat - neck bones, pig feet, ears, snout, tongue etc. can also be
used. (everything but the squeal!)
2 Tablespoons salt
8 cups broth (from above)
2 cups oatmeal (or gluten free oats)
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
Take meat scraps and 2 Tablespoons of salt and add to pressure cooker with 1 quart of water.
Pressure at 10 pounds of pressure for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Allow the cooker to set and cool until pressure drops by itself.
Open cooker and allow meat to cool till it is easy to handle - then debone the meat.
Pass the bone free chunks of meat through a meat grinder. A course grind is fine.
Place meat and all remaining ingredients in a large kettle and cook on low heat until mixture comes to a boil.
Stir constantly to prevent scorching.
Turn out into loaf pans and chill until set.
Slice into inch thick slices and dip into Grannys Batter then pan fry until brown or use as a cold lunch meat.
*Bonus - This is a Gluten Free Recipe when gluten free oats are used !
This recipe may also be frozen by wrapping tightly to prevent freezer burn. Thaw slightly before slicing.
Granny's Batter
2 fresh egg yolks
1 cups cold milk (or ice water)
1 cups cornstarch
cup flour (gluten free will work)
salt
black pepper (plenty!)
Whip all ingredients together well until mixture is very smooth with a consistency like thin cake batter.
Dip in your other ingredients and fry. This is basically a country version of the oriental tempura batters.
This BASIC RECIPE is used for many other recipes such as:
fried fish, scrapple, batter fried chicken (with the addition of an extra layer of flour), tempura vegetables, fried mushrooms and fried squash and daylily blossoms.
*Bonus - This is a Gluten Free Recipe IF gluten free flour is used!
There you have it.
Do you have any other good things you can make from a hog's head? Add them here!
Nettie's Scrapple
12 pounds hog head meat - neck bones, pig feet, ears, snout, tongue etc. can also be
used. (everything but the squeal!)
2 Tablespoons salt
8 cups broth (from above)
2 cups oatmeal (or gluten free oats)
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
Take meat scraps and 2 Tablespoons of salt and add to pressure cooker with 1 quart of water.
Pressure at 10 pounds of pressure for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Allow the cooker to set and cool until pressure drops by itself.
Open cooker and allow meat to cool till it is easy to handle - then debone the meat.
Pass the bone free chunks of meat through a meat grinder. A course grind is fine.
Place meat and all remaining ingredients in a large kettle and cook on low heat until mixture comes to a boil.
Stir constantly to prevent scorching.
Turn out into loaf pans and chill until set.
Slice into inch thick slices and dip into Grannys Batter then pan fry until brown or use as a cold lunch meat.
*Bonus - This is a Gluten Free Recipe when gluten free oats are used !
This recipe may also be frozen by wrapping tightly to prevent freezer burn. Thaw slightly before slicing.
Granny's Batter
2 fresh egg yolks
1 cups cold milk (or ice water)
1 cups cornstarch
cup flour (gluten free will work)
salt
black pepper (plenty!)
Whip all ingredients together well until mixture is very smooth with a consistency like thin cake batter.
Dip in your other ingredients and fry. This is basically a country version of the oriental tempura batters.
This BASIC RECIPE is used for many other recipes such as:
fried fish, scrapple, batter fried chicken (with the addition of an extra layer of flour), tempura vegetables, fried mushrooms and fried squash and daylily blossoms.
*Bonus - This is a Gluten Free Recipe IF gluten free flour is used!
There you have it.
Do you have any other good things you can make from a hog's head? Add them here!
He even gave a little squeal! He has not eaten Scrapple since. 
"Good things you can make from a hog's head" 
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