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Northeastern Pennsylvania (N.E.P.A. or Nepa) is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton (the area's largest city), Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbondale.
North East is a borough in North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Erie. Its name from its position in the northeastern corner of Erie County, despite being near the extreme northwest of Pennsylvania .
Pennsylvania Dutch soups are often thickened with a starch, such as mashed potatoes, flour, rice, noodles, fried bread, dumplings, and Riwwels or rivels, which are small dumplings described as "large crumbs" made from "rubbing egg yolk and flour between the fingers", from the German verb for "to rub."
The South and the Northeast: The soul food version of chicken and waffles, popular in the South, pairs fried chicken with a breakfast waffle. The Pennsylvania Dutch version, found in the Northeast, consists of a plain waffle with pulled, stewed chicken on top, covered in gravy. [98] Chicken Divan: Northeast New York City
Scrapple, also known by the Pennsylvania Dutch name Pannhaas (' pan tenderloin ' in English; [3] [2] compare Panhas), is a traditional mush of fried pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour, and spices.
Pennsylvania Dutch Country refers to an area of Pennsylvania, which has a high percentage of Amish, Mennonite, and "Fancy Dutch" residents. The Pennsylvania Dutch language was historically common, and is still spoken today by many Amish people residing in the state. It consists of the following counties: York; Perry; Berks; Cumberland; Adams ...
Counties (in red) in the Endless Mountains region of Northeastern Pennsylvania The Endless Mountains is a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania . [ 1 ] The Endless Mountains region includes Bradford , Sullivan , Susquehanna , and Wyoming counties.
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends thousands of years before the foundation of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. Archaeologists believe the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, though it is unclear when humans first inhabited present-day Pennsylvania.