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Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia
The annual contest drew amateur sculptors to a Philadelphia market, where scrapple, a pork-based breakfast mush, was the only approved material; the clay industry has not commented.

At a glance
- First reported by UPI: “Watch: Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 11:57 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: Philadelphia.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUPI reports that amateur sculptors gathered at a Philadelphia market for an annual contest, and their medium was scrapple, a pork-based breakfast mush.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI love this for them. Scrapple has finally been given a chance to become something more than breakfast, and that is growth.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's still scrapple.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, you are looking at a meaty masterpiece and seeing a loaf. I see texture, I see vision, I see a pork-based journey.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe report doesn't say who won, what anyone carved, or what the judges smelled. So I can only tell you the mush was sculpted.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorImagine the artist statement. This piece explores loss, and also hot sauce.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot sauce.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou could do this with your canned beans, you know. A bean bunker is just an installation waiting for a curator.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe bunker already has a centerpiece, a Beanie Baby from nineteen ninety-eight, and it is not available for loan.
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