Not to overly pedantic . . .
Originally Posted by Dovster
Scrapple is not native Philadelphian. It was invented in Lancaster County by the Pennsylvania Dutch. (edited by DaDOK)
Actually, the first Germans in America settled in the Delaware River Valley c. 1630 and the first German-American community in the US was in "Germantown", founded in 1683, and now a part of Philadelphia.
As Philly became more 'urban' and Anglo, the Germans migrated westward to the area now known as 'PA Durch country' (Lancaster and Berks Counties) and southward (to North Carolina, around Bern and Winston-Salem). The 'cuisine' known as PA Dutch, including scrapple, did not become popularized until the 18th C., when the area was well-established. But the origins of the people, and presumably their cuisine, reach back to the original settlement.
So there, smarty pants! 