More on hypocrisy

Not long ago, I posted about [that long lost love of Eastern PA](http://omnivorousfish.com/node/126), scrapple. Here’s an excerpt from an email that passed back and forth between the Guitarist and myself. Just something I thought you might find informative:

>Scrapple and pork roll both are from PA dutch traditions, which, quizzically, extend well into Ohio. Pork roll is popular in North Jersey in its lowest-quality form, known as Taylor Ham. Poor Taylor, indeed.
>Funnel cake was once among these, but its migration to the *Joisey Showre* in the mid 20th century sent it out into the greater gastronomic awareness. Stirum (imagine hash browns, but made out of batter) has kept on keeping on however quietly in the Amish and Mennonite traditions, but Fritz Blank taught me how to make it, so I can now partake of its pork fat and dumpling-y goodness without forsaking modern life.