Anne C. Johnson loves Vrapple

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: March 12th, 2009 | 12:00am

Anyone hailing from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, Washington D.C, New Jersey, or Delaware is probably familiar with Scrapple, a little breakfast side dish made from parts left over from hog butchering. Despite all of my fine-dining restaurant experience, I still think offal is awful and have never liked this regional a.m. staple. I do, however, love its vegan alternative, Vrapple, made by Sarah Cain, a Philadelphia-based, Berkley transplant. The primary ingredients of Sarah’s creation are seitan, and locally grown and milled cornmeal and buckwheat. Throw in some organic vegan stock and a few other secret ingredients and you have yourself something that uncannily resembles its grizzly meat incarnation. Vrapple’s tagline is right on: Sarah has indeed, “kicked the crap out of Scrapple” and I am a big fan.

Get some HERE.

Anne C. Johnson is a Venus Zine contributing writer.