# US dopers - what food do us UK people have that you don't? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-what-food-do-us-uk-people-have-that-you-dont/185208 "2003-06-29T19:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-what-food-do-us-uk-people-have-that-you-dont/185208/161 "2003-07-06T09:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by keithnmick \* > **Here in PA there is a local delicacy called scrapple that many swear by, but I only ate it once: > [http://www.chickenhead.com/scrapple/](http://www.chickenhead.com/scrapple/)** 😃 Websense (fk it to hell) censors that category as “tasteless”!!! What is scrapple? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by keithnmick \* > \*\*Doeas anyone know if there is any truth to the rumour that Margaret Thatcher invented soft ice cream? \*\* Not sure, but a schoolfriend’s father invented Vienetta. He worked for Walls. The local paper once did a feature on him as someone with a “dream” job - the headline was: “It’s a n-ice one, Kevin!” Schoolfriend never lived it down. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-what-food-do-us-uk-people-have-that-you-dont/185208/162 "2003-07-07T00:34:14Z")
istara: Scrapple is basically spicy square sausage. The homemade kind would be any kind of pork scraps (hence the name) plus filler and seasoning. Commercially-made scrapple lists specific pork parts that are used. It’s all ground up together and shaped into a small loaf. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-what-food-do-us-uk-people-have-that-you-dont/185208.md?page=8)