Green Daily

I've never had scrapple. In fact, I'm not sure I had ever heard of it before watching an Ace of Cakes episode where the cake creators were carrying on about its charms. Scrapple is a regional American delicacy made from leftover pork pieces combined with cornmeal and flour, smooshed into a loaf, sliced and fried. Sound good? It's such a beloved treat in Philidelphia that they host ScrappleFest every year where they taste and rank scrapple chefs. Much to everyone's suprise, this year's second place winner offered up a vegan recipe that beat out seven pork filled versions.

Vrapple, created by Sarah Cain for a scrapple jonesing vegetarian friend is made primarily from seitan and locally grown corn meal and buckwheat flour. There are a few spices thrown in to create a tasty enough treat to please the palates of hardened scrapple eaters. Cain is perfectly happy to return home with second place as she has concerns that someone would put a "hit" out on her if her vegan creation ever took first place for the pork dish.