Fear Factor

Fear Factor

• jaie 18 years ago
  Anything those poor souls ever had to choke down on Fear Factor go on my list of "don't even ASK me to try it"!!!
  But seriously, one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen is Scrapple. It's PA Dutch and it's like the "scrap parts" of pigs and cows ground down and made into square "patties" which they eat as a delicacy in Amish Country. It doesn't even smell edible!!!
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• pressurecooker 17 years ago said:
  Why is scrapple so disgusting? Just because it's scrap pieces doesn't mean it's trash pieces. Sausage is made out of the scraps of meat that are too small to be made into anything else. Not everybody uses intestines and hooves and such for scrapple.
  
  And the reason it is in squares is because it gets packed into bread loaf pans (usually) to give it shape. The way scrapple is made: take the bones and little pieces of meat and put them into a big pot with lots of water. Cook them until all the little scraps fall off the bones. Strain the meat out. Measure out about equal parts of cornmeal or oatmeal as the amount of meat you have and cook it with some of the broth. Mix meat scraps and cornmeal mush or oatmeal together with salt and seasonings or spices (usually family preference plays a big part here, but sausage spices work well--sage, bay leaf, all-spice, salt, pepper, garlic). Pour into a loaf pan and chill until set. Slice scrapple, dredge slices in flour and fry in a little grease. Serve with maple syrup.
  
  Lunch meat (balogna & salami) and hot dogs are made out of the same thing, but a lot of them also have intestines and the other parts that most Americans wouldn't eat--like lungs, pancreas, spleen, testicles & brains, as well as parts of bone and cartilage. And when they say "all meat", it just means that they haven't added plant proteins like soy, or starch extenders. What it does NOT mean is that they haven't added "junk" parts like those listed above--so don't count on the "all meat" label to save you from the disgusting.
  
  If you want to find out what is in your lunchmeat, you can call the company and get definitions of their words.
  
  
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