Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SCRAPPLES
Noun
scrapples
plural of scrapple
Source: Wiktionary
SCRAPPLE
Scrap"ple, n. [Dim. of scrap.]
Definition: An article of food made by boiling together bits or scraps of meat, usually pork, and flour or Indian meal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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