OT: Kaiser Roll or Hard Roll?

[ScarletDave]

Well add me to the list who was very confused seeing “hard roll” all this time in the Taylor Ham threads, now realizing it’s the same thing. Someone said, maybe it’s another cultural divide thing? I’m curious.

for the sake of this thread, South Jersey is if you call it Pork Roll and North Jersey is if you call it Taylor Ham (sorry central Jersey)

 

[bac2therac]

There are no central jersey options please start a new thread

 

[Knight Shift]

There are no central jersey options please start a new thread

Yeah, wtf?

 

[e5fdny]

I like a Kaiser and there is a difference.

 

[goru1869]

Well add me to the list who was very confused seeing “hard roll” all this time in the Taylor Ham threads, now realizing it’s the same thing. Someone said, maybe it’s another cultural divide thing? I’m curious.

for the sake of this thread, South Jersey is if you call it Pork Roll and North Jersey is if you call it Taylor Ham (sorry central Jersey)

It is Pork Roll in central Jersey on a Hard Roll.

 

[hoquat63]

There are no central jersey options please start a new thread

Exactly - central Jersey- hard roll

 

[phlop87]

Taylor ham, egg and cheese, Salt, pepper ketchup on a hard roll. Central Nersey

 

[RocktheRac]

No Portugal roll?

 

[T2Kplus20]

There are no central jersey options please start a new thread

+1
Can't vote. I'm from central NJ.

 

[Phi_1055]

I like both kinds: kaiser rolls and hard rolls

 

[goru1869]

Taylor ham, egg and cheese, Salt, pepper ketchup on a hard roll. Central Nersey

No such thing as Taylor ham or Central Nersey!

 

[RV-GORU]

There are no central jersey options please start a new thread

I was on my honeymoon in LA California in 1985. One morning I went to a deli near the hotel and asked for a hard roll with butter. The guy looked at me like I was crazy. Luckily the guy behind me said " I think he means kaiser roll". I had no idea what a kaiser roll was but I got my buttered hard roll.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Stale
Prefer bread

 

[SkilletHead2]

We don't get either down here and I miss them hugely. Will never forget taking Skillethead Jr to White Rose in Northern HP (maybe south Edison) and telling him we were getting a buttered hard roll and coffee for breakfast on the start of a long drive. He was 12 and was a bit surprised that he was getting coffee and had no idea what a buttered hard roll was.

When he first bit into the hard roll, he turned to me and said, "this is like the best thing imaginable to have on a car ride." He also loved his first coffee.

That was 31 years ago. Remember it like it was yesterday. Love both hard rolls and kaiser rolls. Never thought much about the difference between the two.

 

[colbert17]

I never heard anyone order a pork roll on a kaiser roll.
I refuse to call it a Kaiser roll. Holding a grudge since WW I.

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

Bacon, egg and Swiss on a Portuguese roll…salt/pepper/hot sauce
Central Jersey

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

Sunday mornings were made for hard rolls and iced crumb buns.

 

[RUbacker]

I never heard anyone order a pork roll on a kaiser roll.
I refuse to call it a Kaiser roll. Holding a grudge since WW I.

It’s always Taylor ham and cheese on a hard roll .

 

[T2Kplus20]

It’s always Taylor ham and cheese on a hard roll .

Order = pork roll and cheese on a kaiser

 

[RUbacker]

Order = pork roll and cheese on a kaiser

No. Lol

 

[hoquat63]

When I worked on College Ave would often walk over to Easton for a buttered hard roll on my way to the office for a buttered hard roll.
Also pork roll and cheese for lunch - they put enough pork roll on for two sandwiches.
“Forget the rest, we are the best”

 

[Section124]

In North Jersey hard is most common but both are used. I generally say hard, but will use kaiser from time to time. Growing up my mother used to get the best kaiser/hard rolls at Zimmerman's in Elizabeth. I believe it was an industrial bakery. I am more of a sesame fan but their poppy rolls were awesome. North End Bakery was also know for their hard/kaiser rolls.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Brioche.. on occasion

 

[Scarlet Blind]

Sobo= Sausage egg and cheese
Bobo= Bacon egg and cheese
Pobo= Pork roll egg and cheese

All on a HARD roll from Central Jersey. ✔

 

[koleszar]

Yeah, wtf?

I guess since we're from Monmouth County we really can't partake in this poll. I identify with neither of those places. So I abstain.

And @e5fdny "fight for your right" you're now Central Jersey and have been for a while we must put up a united front to be recognized. We must not give in to this injustice.

 

[e5fdny]

I guess since we're from Monmouth County we really can't partake in this poll. I identify with neither of those places. So I abstain.

And @e5fdny "fight for your right" you're now Central Jersey and have been for a while we must put up a united front to be recognized. We must not give in to this injustice.

I just ignore the stupidity like this one….

Bacon, egg and Swiss on a Portuguese roll…salt/pepper/hot sauce
Central Jersey

and move on.

I mean who does this?

 

[tom1944]

Central Jersey and both terms were used

Hard roll was more common

 

[tom1944]

I just ignore the stupidity like this one….

and move on

I mean who does this?

John Kerry

 

[T2Kplus20]

No. Lol

I got your hard roll right here! :)

 

[RUPete]

I like a Kaiser and there is a difference.

Yeah, I thought Kaisers were the ones with poppy seeds. A little softer inside than the other rolls but still a crisp or firmness on the outside.

 

[mikeinsec127]

Well add me to the list who was very confused seeing “hard roll” all this time in the Taylor Ham threads, now realizing it’s the same thing. Someone said, maybe it’s another cultural divide thing? I’m curious.

for the sake of this thread, South Jersey is if you call it Pork Roll and North Jersey is if you call it Taylor Ham (sorry central Jersey)

This is a leftover from WW1. Prior to then it was only referred to as a Kaiser roll. It was brought over by the huge number of German immigrants to the USA. During WW1, a war against the German Kaiser, all things German were discriminated against. So a Kaiser roll became a hard roll, German chocolate cake became Swiss chocolate cake, Frankfurters became hot dogs, and German shepherds were referred to as Alsacians.

 

[e5fdny]

Yeah, I thought Kaisers were the ones with poppy seeds. A little softer inside than the other rolls but still a crisp or firmness on the outside.

The last part but not the first, poppy seeds.

Also the swirl pattern on top too makes it a Kaiser more than just a “hard roll” IMO.

 

[JMORC2003]

I’ve never specified, I just say “… on a roll” and take whatever the place gives me. If I don’t like it, that’s my problem.

I will say this though, if you get your egg sandwich on a bagel, I don’t even want to know you.

 

[IL Lusciato]

North jersey....hard roll, but also a kaiser is acceptable.

 

[Colonel HR]

I once asked for a sandwich on a hard roll at a deli near Boston College (back when RU played football games there every other year). Bewildered guy behind the counter said..."I can give you a stale one"...

 

[e5fdny]

I’ve never specified, I just say “… on a roll” and take whatever the place has. If I don’t like it, that’s my problem.

I will say this though, if you get your egg sandwich on a bagel, I don’t even want to know you.

I am okay with it if it’s just that.

But a pork roll, egg and cheese belongs on a roll (whatever you call it).

And don’t get me started on that brioche crap I saw earlier in the thread.

 

[slyker]

And in Morris county ...... "German Valley" became Long Valley during WWI due to similar reasons

 

[e5fdny]

And in Morris county ...... "German Valley" became Long Valley during WWI due to similar reasons

True.

 

[Scarlet1984]

Central. I feel like “hard roll” is predominant in Monmouth County. I have seen some confused responses in Middlesex County to hard roll.

 

[beaced]

I’ve never specified, I just say “… on a roll” and take whatever the place gives me. If I don’t like it, that’s my problem.

I will say this though, if you get your egg sandwich on a bagel, I don’t even want to know you.