Everyone proudly yammers on about eating locally produced food. Well, here are a couple of local foods expressly for the fake-meat lovin’ vegans in the When friends told us about Ray’s Seitan, a locally produced seitan that they buy in bulk off the back of a truck in some sort of illicit street deal, I wanted a hook-up. First, they said to go to Essene, my regular 
Yes, I do like it! Can I get five kilos street side, ‘cause $4.49 a tub is pricey compared to the canned Chinese blow I’ve been getting.
If you’re not from 
Vrapple, a locally made vegan version of scrapple, surprised the hell out of me flavor-wise (this is a good thing). It’s subtly sweet and nicely spiced – like a spicy sausage with a bit of maple syrup mixed in. The texture is a bit grainy from the cornmeal. Is this what scrapple is supposed to taste like?
I would not be mad if all the Philly brunch spots decided to get PA-proud and vegan/veggie vigilant and offered Ray’s Seitan and Vrapple on their menus.
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As a local, I can say that I've eaten my share of scrapple... it's deliciously disgusting! It's basically the meat parts that are not good enough for sausage or hot dogs, ground into a thankfully unrecognizable mush, molded into a brick, and fried up for Sunday morning breakfast. Not many people I know will admit to liking the stuff, but it is always a hit at the Lancaster breakfast buffets!
It's my first year in Philadelphia, and also the first time I've heard of scrapple... haven't yet mustered the courage/desire to try it yet though. :P I heard the vegan one was being sold at Reading Terminal Market, and I was curious as to how it was... I think I'm going to have to hunt it down and use it as my stepping stone to scrapple now!
I do like me my scrapple, but as I edge more toward vegetarianism, I grow less and less enthused about it, so this Vrapple concoction intrigues me. Where did you get it? Your description of what it sounds like sounds like scrapple to me... sausage-like in seasoning with a bit of syrupy tastes
Gina - Oops, sorry...I got the Vrapple also at Essene, a health food store on the corner of 4th and Monroe in Queen Village. I hear you can also get it at the Fair Food Farm Stand in Reading Terminal Market.
i ate scrapple for the first time not knowing what it was, i knew it tasted like some sort of meat but had the consistency of mashed potatoes with a crispy crust, evidently the best way to eat scrapple is crisping the outsides while leaving the insides nice and mooshy mooshy, i have not eaten scrapple again because mashed potatoes that taste like pig are not really my idea of an awesome breakfast
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