My son has to do a school project on Pennsylvania. So far, we are having a blast learning together about this wonderful state. My problem is that I have to bring a breakfast dish to school that Pennsylvanians eat. I've found that scrapple is popular, but I am afraid to make it since I have never eaten it. Does anyone have any recipes or foods they can suggest? I am hoping to make or purchase a true Pennsylvanian dish. Thank you.
I am glad you asked Dana K. Michigan is big on encouraging its residents to buy Made in Michigan products. We produce Kellogg's cereals in Battle Creek. We make Faygo sodas, Sanders candies, Better Made Potato Chips, Kowalski Sausage, just to name a few. Traverse City is well known for its production of cherries. I am hoping to learn more about what is produced or popular in Pennsylvania.
Philly Cheesesteak, baby! Is there such a thing as a cheesesteak breakfast casserole (there should be...)? Or anything made by Tastykake, Utz or...Hershey. La Colombe coffee is as good as any I've had anywhere - originated in Philly. The teachers might like that...
I can't think of a specifically Pennsylvanian breakfast dish that we eat regularly, though.
I would say do chocolate chip pancakes with hershey's chocolate. The kids will love it and the chocolate is made in PA!
I have never eaten scrapple, nor seen it on a menu so I am not sure that it is really popular. We generally eat the same foods that other people do for breakfast - cereal and milk, eggs, pancakes, waffles, bacon, etc. People around here do strangely put french fries on all sorts of food, so an egg sandwich with fries would be an authentic breakfast food (although not something one would eat with any regularity). Best of luck. There are Mennonite cookbooks. You could try looking for one.
What do people in Michigan eat for breakfast?
Google "Pennsylvania Dutch Breakfast Cake."
Can make ahead & easy to transport!
I would do a google search of "traditional Pennsylvania Dutch or Amish recipes" I bet you find a lot more that way!
Google Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch recipes.
Google Amish friendship bread or monkey bread. I lived there my whole life and I really can't think of a breakfast food that PA is known for. I would definitely skip the scrapple. I doubt the kids would eat it anyway.
a quick google turned up Apple Dutch Baby - a cross between a pancake and a popover - so might be something the kids would eat!
My FIL used to eat that a lot, I think its gross. My in-laws are from PA and grew up in rural areas (Dutch country). I would make a Pennsylvania Dutch apple crumb cake, I think that would go over much better then scrapple.
My husband is from rural Southern PA and he suggested you make "pancakes" from leftover mashed potatoes. He says he mom used to make that when he was growing up.
How about a Kunzler ham or bacon breakfast sandwich with Chestnut Hill Cheddar cheese, on a Martin's potato roll?
http://www.kunzler.com/bacon.asp
http://chcheeseshop.com/products-page/american-cheeses/pe...
http://potatorolls.com/
:)
Most of my family is Pennsylvania Dutch (not Amish) so some of the most common things are:
cinnamon buns (also called sticky buns) which you can make with or without nuts
rivel soup - tiny dumplings you make from flour & egg, then drop into boiling water or broth (chicken, beef, veg) by rubbing between your hands.
Hootsla - basically bread cubes to which you add a mix of eggs & milk (as you would for scrambled eggs) and then fry
Major family meals were accompanied by "7 sweets and 7 sours" - sweets included baked goods (rolls and pies especially) and sweet relishes, sours included cole slaw and pickles and pickled beets.
Heinz is based in Pittsburgh and Hershey's products are based in Hershey so their products were always featured prominently. Someone else mentioned Quaker Oats. Philly cheese steak is going to be expensive though! Hero or sub sandwiches are called hoagies in PA.
If you want my great grandmother's recipes, message me!
If you are looking for Amish/Dutch food: pickled eggs (made with beets), cornmeal mush, baked oatmeal, halfmoon pies, bread with molasses, apple dumplings, spaetzle, baked pancakes, egg and sausage casserole.
Otherwise, Pennsylvanians eat normal, everyday breakfast foods.
Produced and popular (but not for breakfast): Utz, Hartleys, Middleswarth, Hershey, Seltzers lebanon balogna, Yuengling beer
The first thing I thought of was the Philly Cheese Steak. You could make a breakfast version!
You could go with a Pennsylvania Dutch food, like ShoeFly Pie or a scalloped apple potato dish.
My bil moved to pitts burgh and my kids are fascinated w he in ketchup now. ..scrambled eggs w ketchup?? Only way I can eat eggs......the Amish friendship bread seems like an easier bet. But I think it's more of a dessert bread. Grrrr. That was supposed to say. Heinze
Pickled red beet eggs are definitely a traditional PA Dutch food. They are fun to look at too! And they are easy to make. You just need a few days.
Buy canned beets or boil 3 or 4 beets, peel and slice.
Boil 1 cup water, 1 cup vinegar, I cup sugar and a dash of pepper until sugar is dissolved.
Pour over the beets and add hard boiled eggs. Make sure eggs are covered. Store in fridge for a few days until eggs have turned deep purple.
Pennsylvania has a state cookie. Chocolate Chip. Which makes sense....Hershey, PA.
