 991205 Meat & the Millennium: 2000 Pieces of ScrappleDecember 1, 1999 Hatfield, PA - As cities across America revel in millennium festivities that honor longtime traditions, Philadelphia will be celebrating the New Year with a food that is a significant part of its unique history - scrapple. Hatfield Quality Meats will be sponsoring the Millennium Philadelphia Scrapple Breakfast on January 1, 2000 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The scrapple breakfast is the official city meal during the 24-hour Millennium Philadelphia celebration. Beginning at 5 a.m., Hatfield Quality Meats will help bring in the new year at the Pennsylvania Convention Center with a breakfast featuring 2,000 pieces of Hatfield Scrapple, eggs, toast, coffee, tea and juice. The company will also display a "scrapple sculpture" in the shape of the Liberty Bell. The festive atmosphere will also include live music, balloons, clowns and other entertainers. Scrapple is a seasoned mixture of ground pork, spices, flour and cornmeal set in a mold. It is fried and served sliced. Scrapple was invented in Eastern Pennsylvania over 200 years ago as a resourceful way for farmers and meat packers to use the leftovers of delicious pork and provide a wholesome protein source for families. People often eat scrapple with butter, maple syrup, apple butter or ketchup. Hatfield Quality Meats makes a variety of scrapple products, including Pennsylvania Dutch Style Scrapple. All varieties are made with the freshest ingredients and contain a special blend of traditional spices.
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