OT: Pork Roll Eating Contest
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Anyone born before 1906 is welcome to call it Taylor Ham
Have you considered that you might have reached a point in life where you like to argue just to argue.......even about things that are likely pretty trivial in the grand scheme of life?
I'll concede the debate to you as maybe we must have different overall philosophies on what makes us salty......it's just not a big deal to me if I ask for TH, Egg & Cheese and they serve me Case Pork Roll......maybe its because I use the terms inter-changeably. Also - I've rarely if ever worried about what was advertised a on the "Big Boards" in mom & pop delis / bagel joints. I generally know what I'm looking for and just ask for it.
And more than likely get Trenton!Can't argue with that.
When you want the best: order Taylor Ham
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You're bolded comment is 100% wrong. If you order a Taylor Ham, egg and cheese can the deli/diner can give you any pork roll as Taylor Ham never existed and is a generic name for pork roll. There is no trademark for "Taylor Ham"
The second bolded statement you are 100% correct that the name was Taylor's Prepared Ham. Up until 1906
Last bolded is completely wrong. As "Taylor Ham" never existed.
At least you got the Taylor Prepared Ham correct somewhere in there.
You do know that before 1906 there was no prepackaged sliced being sold at at grocery stores as most grocery stores didn't exist and and shrink wrapping meat didn't either. But nice, funny try!my choice is the only choice for ordering the best
If the name Taylor Ham never existed, then why were they forced to change their name?
Hint: because they called it Taylor Ham and there was no actual ham in the product.
I'm more of a grazer than a gluten, one would be it for me in 10 mins. Now give me an hour or two and I could do some damage.
And like someone said earlier, "I have never ordered a Taylor Ham, Egg and Cheese" in my life. It's always been Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese.
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Even more simple because they had the word ham in Taylor Prepared Ham even if they used actual ham.
You are correct- Taylor Prepared Ham…I just shortened it for the sake of it sorting another completely different discussion. Lol
The first point- legally, I am sure you are right. But, if they specifically identify it as Taylor Ham, then that is consumer should have every expectation that it isn’t someone else’s pork roll.
Simply ask for a Taylor Pork Roll, egg and cheese and your good.
I don't really taste a difference on a pork roll, egg and cheese. Too many things gelling on a kaiser roll. However, have a omelet with pork roll on the side it needs to be Taylor. The most important thing is having a fresh great kaiser roll. A crappy roll turns Taylor or any pork roll into a waste of money!
You do realize I explained this to you in the past. Taylor is the retail name not the brand distributed to restaurants/delis etc…
I have no expectation that this suggestion will settle these endless (insert name of this delicacy here) debates but I'll throw it out there anyway,
1. When you order or buy the product, call it whatever the hell you want or whatever works given your location. It's a private transaction between you and the seller and nobody else gives a crap what you call it because, presumably, no one else is there and/or it may not even involve saying the name.
2. To borrow from the tl;dr internet slang, how about when you refer to the product here, you call it th;pr or pr;th, depending on your point of view. Or maybe even pr;th/th;pr - that should eliminate the "well you're obviously a Pork Roll (or Taylor Ham) person because you put that first and you're wrong" accusations.
And I offer this up as someone who grew up south of I-195 who ordered, in Morris County, NJ, "scrambled eggs and Pork Roll on a sesame bagel" and got scrambled eggs on a roll. I then realized I should have known better given the location of the shop.
1. When you order or buy the product, call it whatever the hell you want or whatever works given your location. It's a private transaction between you and the seller and nobody else gives a crap what you call it because, presumably, no one else is there and/or it may not even involve saying the name.
2. To borrow from the tl;dr internet slang, how about when you refer to the product here, you call it th;pr or pr;th, depending on your point of view. Or maybe even pr;th/th;pr - that should eliminate the "well you're obviously a Pork Roll (or Taylor Ham) person because you put that first and you're wrong" accusations.
And I offer this up as someone who grew up south of I-195 who ordered, in Morris County, NJ, "scrambled eggs and Pork Roll on a sesame bagel" and got scrambled eggs on a roll. I then realized I should have known better given the location of the shop.
So- you are telling me that if a deli has the Taylor packaging on their pork roll in the display case they stuffed Trenton in it instead?
"Central Jersey" for Northwest Morris? You remind me of a guy from Mahwah I know that refers to Linden NJ as "South Jersey".
Laughing as I knew that would trigger you. lol
People should just call it what they want and let others call it what they want!
Honestly, I never heard of Taylor Ham and Cheese until I got to Rutgers in 1988 and my (North Jersey) roommate ordered a couple at a grease truck on College Ave. the guy looked over to his partner on the grill and said “I need two pork rolls.”
Coming from Monmouth County, no one called it anything but Pork Roll egg, and cheese.
It’s like the sprinkles/jimmies argument. Who cares?
Honestly, I never heard of Taylor Ham and Cheese until I got to Rutgers in 1988 and my (North Jersey) roommate ordered a couple at a grease truck on College Ave. the guy looked over to his partner on the grill and said “I need two pork rolls.”
Coming from Monmouth County, no one called it anything but Pork Roll egg, and cheese.
It’s like the sprinkles/jimmies argument. Who cares?
People that say jimmies instead of sprinkles need an ass kicking.
Jimmies are chocolate. Sprinkles are multi-color.
This is the answer but too many want to force "it's pork roll" down people's throats when it's clearly been called both throughout it's history.
Not at all. But there’s a good chance just because you order “Taylor Ham” you’re not garunteed and more than likely you are not. Many delis only slice Taylor for cold cuts and not for sandwiches. Heard from the horses mouth (plant manager at Taylor) they have less than a 5-10% distribution to deli/restaurants. Trenton is their commercial brand Taylor is their retail.
Whatever you choose to call it… Taylor Ham or Pork roll we in the tri -state know how great a breakfast sandwich it has become. It is a now tasted by thousands around the USA. Like Hawaiians love Musabi … Jerseyites cherish that Taylor/ Pork Roll sandwich.
What wrong with you??🙄
It does explain something’s, doesn’t it?
So, the mom and pop up here in NNJ- with TH in the deli case, the menu that says TH- and their locals who order it, and the deli owner who relies on these people and also grew up “TH” is substituting a different pork roll?
What you are saying is normal in central and south NJ and why you just see it as PR.
Dinners up in the north May do it too. But, a NNJ deli that says TH, displayed it, better serve it.
And anywhere in the world, including NNJ- if their menu says Pork Roll- then serve what you want.
Yea okay. Believe what you may. I’m sure all your so called mom and pops display “Taylor” in the display case. And everyone above the “line” that has it on the menu as “ Taylor ham” Serves it. But I guess the guy that makes the product doesn’t know his customer.
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So, I already said, there is no way to know if a diner that does everything behind the scenes is serving anything they advertise but, if their menu says say TH, then they should be serving it. I’m not sure why that confuses you but should clear up what I am saying.
But, almost every deli I go to, has a display case. You get to ask to see the roast beef to see if it is rare enough, you see if it is boars head or another brand and you see the pork roll they are serving.
Why is this an argument?
It doesn’t confuse me. It apparently confuses you and the rest of the “Taylor Ham” world. If you think because you generically call something “Taylor Ham” it is going to magically appear in your sandwich. Yea I only order “house” roasted roast beef so it doesn’t come in some package. Hahaha.
Would you be happy to know that’s where they really get Taylor Ham/porkroll.
And that’s how they tenderize it too before packaging.
