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Scrapple is arguably the first pork food invented in America.

The roots of the culinary traditions that led to the development of scrapple in America have been traced back to pre-Roman Europe.

The more immediate culinary ancestor of scrapple was the Low German dish called panhas, which was adapted to make use of locally available ingredients, and it is still called " Pannhaas ," " panhoss ," or " pannhas " in parts of Pennsylvania.

The first recipes were created by Dutch colonists who settled near Philadelphia and Chester County, Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries.

As a result, scrapple is strongly associated with rural areas surrounding Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D. C., eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the Delmarva Peninsula.