Question for new jersey people is it pork roll or taylor ham?

[XYSRUS]

Taylor. We just call it Taylor. Taylor and tomato on a potato roll. Mmmmmm

 

[Cantw8]

Pork Roll...more specifically when I order, I say "Taylor's Pork Roll". There is no other brand in my world I'm a Philly girl

 

[Poohlove]

Pork roll and cheese on a kaiser with ketchup

 

[ndelaware]

You can call it what you want but Taylor doesn't make ham.

Born and raised New Jersey resident for 35 years.

Here NDelaware, we call it pork roll.

 

[winterman]

My late DH was a Philly boy and it was pork roll to him. (The smell made me sick when he cooked it.)

 

[Poohforyou]

Born and raised in North Jersey (Bergen County), Taylor Ham, cheese and egg ...baby. Moved to South Jersey, right outside Philly and ordered Taylor Ham, egg and cheese and received regular ham on the sandwich. Blech. The waitress never heard of Taylor Ham and heard ham. I learned that it is pork roll down here.

She never heard of it because it doesn't exist. It's Taylor pork roll everywhere including the Taylor factory. People can call it what they want but that doesn't make it change what it is - pork roll.

 

[j's m]

Pork roll.

 

[mjkacmom]

Here is a menu from a well known diner in NJ - lots of Taylor ham (and now I'm hungry!)

http://www.ticktockdiner.com/img/Clifton NJ Tick Tock Diner Menu 9737770511.pdf

 

[Kim&Chris]

I don't eat it, but my DH does. It's Pork Roll.

 

[Unas]

Is that a northern or central thing? I lived in the south all my life never had a pork roll. Well 42 out of my 46 years i lived in south jersey.

Really? You never walked the boards or ate in a diner? Or are you from that Channel Island.

Yeah, I know. It's basically scraps mushed together. It skeeves me out.

Scrapple?

 

[Julie's Haircut]

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Scrapple?

No, scrapple is made from pork hearts, pork snouts, pork cheeks, cornmeal, and other assorted offal, shaped into a loaf, then sliced and fried.


Pork roll is scraps of pork muscle meat, chopped and formed into roll, then sliced and fried. The three biggest brands are all made in Trenton, NJ.

Pork roll is also sold in boxes of 4 to 8 pre-cut slices.

Often, a few slits around the edges are made to prevent curling, but it's not necessary. You can grill it too.

The ultimate Jersey diner sandwich, and not just for breakfast. Pork roll, egg, and cheese on a kaiser roll. Also great on a bagel.

As to Taylor Ham vs. pork roll.

 

[minniebeth]

Here is a menu from a well known diner in NJ - lots of Taylor ham (and now I'm hungry!)

http://www.ticktockdiner.com/img/Clifton NJ Tick Tock Diner Menu 9737770511.pdf

Oh, Tick Tock Diner, I miss you!

 

[maxaroni]

She never heard of it because it doesn't exist. It's Taylor pork roll everywhere including the Taylor factory. People can call it what they want but that doesn't make it change what it is - pork roll.

Oh, I know it's all pork roll. I know Taylor is the brand name. My point was that everyone in North Jersey calls it Taylor Ham, it's on some menus as Taylor Ham and everyone knows it as Taylor Ham. I did not realize that there was any difference when moving to South Jersey, we are the same state. So, called it Taylor Ham and in this area, it's not known as that. I understand she (waitress) wouldn't have known it as Taylor Ham and it isn't ham. If we want it here, we say pork roll now. My DS23 went to college in North Jersey and he learned the difference as everyone called it Taylor Ham but he was born and raised in South Jersey.

 

[frndshpcptn]

Taylor ham, egg and cheese on a kaiser roll with ketchup. BEST. I only treat myself a couple of times a year, since there's no way it can be good for you (its too delicious).

(and yay to Tick Tock!)

 

[Cantw8]

lol, that was quite an informative response, Haircut

 

[Julie's Haircut]

lol, that was quite an informative response, Haircut

Thanks....I consider it my civic duty to make those less fortunate green with envy over something they'll never have.

 

[RedAngie]

It's not just a Jersey thing. I knew what pork roll was when I was a wee tot in Philly. It's common in eastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware too. Not sure about the parts of New York which border NJ.

Now something that is REALLY a localized thing in Jersey: Drink-a-boost

 

[yaksack]

Taylor Ham in Hudson County.

 

[yaksack]

Never heard on drink boost.

 

[maxaroni]

It's not just a Jersey thing. I knew what pork roll was when I was a wee tot in Philly. It's common in eastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware too. Not sure about the parts of New York which border NJ.

Now something that is REALLY a localized thing in Jersey: Drink-a-boost

I had never heard of this but went into a restaurant in Delran/Riverside and signs all over. I then read about it and learned something new! I have never had it though