October 13th, 2011
Apple-Scrapple Festival, T.S. Smith & Sons, Rapa Scrapple, All You Can Eat Scrapple Breakfast, Apple Fritters, Apple Dumplings, Entertainment, Hay Rides, You Pick Apples and Pumpkins, Bridgeville, Delaware, Saturday, Sunday
Finally, I am making it to this annual festival in the town of Bridgeville, Delaware. Bridgeville is about 45 minutes away from Rehoboth Beach. The town was settled in 1684 and was incorporated in 1871. It is an agricultural-oriented community.
Rapa Scrapple and T.S. Smith & Sons are two companies that are from Bridgeville. Rapa represents the scrapple and T.S. Smith & Sons represents the apples.
T.S. Smith & Sons is 104 years old. I wrote a post on this farm and apple orchard on 9/23/11. If you would like to see it just click on the month of September and scroll down to the 23rd.
Rapa is the largest producer of scrapple in the world. It was created by Ralph and Paul Adams. Their recipe has been used since the early 1920s. For more info. on Rapa, please visit www.rapascrapple.com.
Every time I talk about scrapple noses wrinkle or there is an exclamation here or there. I truly love it and I like it well done; thin and crispy.
Scrapple is made out of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour and spices.
So, the two companies will be celebrating and about 30,000 visitors will be joining them.
Friday will be the start of the Festival at 4 p.m.
At 4:30 p.m. they will be announcing on the Main Stage who the winners of the Apple Dessert Baking Contest.
At 6 p.m. there will be an Opening Ceremony.
The night’s entertainment will feature a street dance and the Little Miss Apple Scrapple Contest.
For more info. and a complete schedule, please visit http://www.applescrapple.com.
Saturday will start with an All You Can Eat Scrapple Breakfast at 7 a.m. I usually eat a couple of pieces; cannot imagine “all you can eat scrapple”.
I am going to go first to T.S. Smith & Sons because they will be offering a full day of apple activities on the farm.
They will have available, farm tours, hay rides, you-pick apples and pumpkins, informative talks and demonstrations.
Some of these activities will require the purchase of a ticket.
The farm market is located in the historic apple packing house where apples are still graded and packed for market. You can find it easily at the intersection of Redden Rd. (DE 40) and US 13A (N. Main St.).
Farm tours will be held every hour on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. through 4 p.m. These tours double as hay rides pulled by a tractor, allowing participants the chance to enjoy a longer ride and see the farm and its historic attributes.
Two presentations: At 11 a.m. Big Apples from Little Trees. It explores the change in apple propagation and cultivation. At 1 p.m. Roots, Shoots, & Fruits: These are not your Grandfather’s Trees. Shedding light on different apple varieties, newer methods of grafting and propagation. And, why it is necessary.
More info. and details? Please call 302-337-8271. You can also find them on Facebook as www.facebook.com/tssmithandsons.
Please enjoy the Festival, its food and its music. Hey, The Greaseband will be playing on Saturday evening, beginning at 7 p.m. They are a lot of fun.
See you….maybe there…
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This looks like the most fantastic time. Can you tell me any dates for the 2012 festival in Delaware. Last year was October 13, 2011.
Thank you so much looke forward to seeing all the fun and festivities.
Thanks for your comments to the blog. Let me find out and I will let you know. It is not on their website yet.