3.2.4 US PA Favorites

United States: Pennsylvania Favorites

3.2.4

Learners will be able to...

• describe the origin of Pennsylvania cuisine

• identify the features of Pennsylvania cuisine

• identify Pennsylvania dishes and ingredients

​PA Dutch

• descendants of German immigrants

• settled in Central & Southern PA

• mistaken for the Amish

• Pretzels & Potato Chips

• brought from Germany

• PA: largest producer of pretzels in the country

• SE PA known for pretzel manufacturing

• 45 pretzel companies in PA that together produce 80% of the pretzels in the country

Pretzels

Ingredients: potato & lard
- chipping potato varieties are grown in York and Lancaster counties
- pork was such a vital part of the PA Dutch community

When fried in the pork fat, potato chips became crunchy and took on an amazing flavor not possible with vegetable oils.

​Potato Chips

Match

Can you identify the names of the following cuisines with German and PA Dutch influences?

Shoo-fly Pie

Scrapple

Lebanon Bologna

Pot Pie

Funnel Cake

• Shoo-fly Pie

• Scrapple

• Lebanon Bologna

• Pot Pie

• Funnel Cake

• sweet pie made of gooey molasses and brown sugar filling , topped with white crumb, contained in pie crust base

• named for the molasses company Shoo Fly from the late 1800s

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Shoo-fly Pie

• made as a way to avoid waste

• pork trimmings mixed with cornmeal

• shaped into a loaf, then sliced and fried

• condiment options: ketchup or syrup

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Scrapple

• made from the sap of birch trees common to Pennsylvania

• tastes similar to root beer but has a more complex flavor

• comes in brown, red, and clear options

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Birch Beer

• pronounced “leb-nun ba-low-nuh”)

• similar to salami in look and texture, but not taste

• deli meat with distinct flavor due to the fermentation process

• smoky, sweet, and beloved tangy funk

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Lebanon Bologna

• The name of this dish can be confusing, as it is not a pie at all

• chicken stew with square egg noodles strewn throughout (preferably homemade)

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Pot Pie

• made from apples and spices

• cooked down until it is like dark, flavorful applesauce

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​Apple Butter

• A.k.a. everyone's favorite fair food

• named for the way it is made

• batter of eggs, milk, sugar, and baking powder is poured through a funnel into a deep fryer

• distinct tangle of crispy, sweet fried dough

Funnel Cake

​Philadelphia: Italian Influence

• Tomato pie- this is kind of like pizza, except it is more about the dough and the sauce than the cheese.

  • Chewy crust is covered with red sauce and just a dusting of Parmesan or Grana Padano cheese.

• Hoagies- popular meal since the 1920s.

  • Classic Italian hoagie - genoa salami, cooked salami, capicola, provolone cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, olive oil, and oregano

​Philadelphia: Italian Influence

• ​Stromboli- invented in 1950 near Philly at Romano's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria

  • Bread or pizza dough is used

  • toppings (mozzarella cheese and various sliced meatsare rolled up and sealed inside of it.

  • Marinara is served on the side.

• Cheesesteak (video)

• Water (wadder) Ice (video)

​Pittsburgh

Rich with culinary tradition

 

Pierogies: associated with Polish population of Pittsburgh

• In the early 1900s, the immigrants were overwhelmingly Polish & pierogies were a staple dish

• Traditional filling: potato and cheese

 

Primanti Bros.: staple restaurant for sandwiches stuffed full of meat, vegetables, and... french fries

• French fries are not only a topping on sandwiches and burgers, they are a regular topping for salads as well.

PA Famous Food
Companies

• Tasty Kake

• Hershey's

• Arnold Palmer

• Peeps

• Heinz

TastyKake

• Makes packaged desserts

• Based in Philadelphia

• Created in 1914

 

Slogan, "Nobody bakes a cake as tasty as a Tastykake!"

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Cupcakes, Kandy Kakes, & Krimpets, oh my!

Invented by golfer Arnold Palmer

Latrobe, PA

 

Drink made of half lemonade and half iced tea has become wildly popular.

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​Arnold Palmer

Peeps

Behind the Scenes of the PEEPS Factory in PA

Founded in 1869

Sharpsburg, PA -- just outside of Pittsburgh

 

1st product sold: horseradish

 

From baked beans to relish, Heinz currently sells its products to more than 200 countries.

Heinz

Review

• describe the origin of Pennsylvania cuisine

• identify the features of Pennsylvania cuisine

• identify Pennsylvania dishes and ingredients

Multiple Choice

What do people in Pittsburgh top their salads with?

• 
  Ricotta cheese

• Ketchup

• French Fries

Multiple Choice

Shoo-fly pie was named because when you eat it you are constantly waving flies away from your plate.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Scrapple is made by using which of the following ingredients?

• 
  pork trimmings

• 
  cornmeal

• beef trimmings

Multiple Choice

Pot pie is a dish developed by which Pennsylvania community?

• Italian immigrants

• Polish immigrants

• Pennsylvania Dutch

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