We cut up hard boiled eggs into potato salad in the Shenandoah Valley, but
Shoo Fly pie is a rarity, except in certain Mennonite homes. It is more
common in the Pennsylvania Dutch communities, e.g. Lancaster County, PA.

Wilmer L. Kerns

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David,

The valley was settled by the Penn Dutch folks, if I remember my geography
well enough. In my Penn Dutch cookbook it's written as panhaus. When I was
little, my mom used to sometimes go to the family farm and get fresh
scrapple. It wasn't in a loaf, it was just put in the pan and heated, often
we had it with scrambled eggs.

The local stores sell a scrapple, but it just isn't the same as back home.
But, then what is?

BTW, do they make Shoo Fly Pie in the valley? Do they put hard boiled eggs
in their potato salad? Mom used to cut up the eggs in the salad, then put
some sliced eggs on the top, topped then with paprika and nutmeg. First time
I added paprika and nutmeg to potato salad for my Richmond-born husband, he
asked if I was poisoning him!

Anne
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