Am I the only one who calls it a Kaiser roll, or just a roll? I actually had to look up what a hard roll is to discover it's the same thing. Apparently the name "hard roll" came into existence during World War I so we wouldn't use the word "kaiser." Do you guys also say freedom fries?
OT: Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese
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In much of eastern New York state — New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks — and throughout New Jersey and Connecticut, Kaiser rolls are known as "hard rolls", and are staples of delicatessen and convenience stores.
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No idea on the pork roll (I don't think they really do hot sandwiches), but yes - I'm there at least once a week haha...
Yeah I saw that too. I've lived in NJ my whole life and both of my parents moved here from NYC, yet I never called it a hard roll.In much of eastern New York state — New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks — and throughout New Jersey and Connecticut, Kaiser rolls are known as "hard rolls", and are staples of delicatessen and convenience stores.
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Could it be another North/South Jersey divide like Taylor Ham/Pork Roll? I slung pork roll, egg and cheese sandwiches for 2 summers in the 1980s at a beach grill in Manasquan, and I have no recollection of ever hearing/saying Kaiser roll. Before that, my daily breakfast while working at a car wash was a buttered hard roll from Welsh farms. Maybe I was taught wrong?
I've never really called it a kaiser roll either actually, growing up we just called them rolls for short.
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I grew up on Long Island and moved to NJ when I went to RU in the 80s. I never heard it called a Kaiser roll while growing up on LI...always just a roll or a hard roll, like a buttered roll or 2 eggs on a roll. I always thought it was called a hard roll due to its crustiness on the outside as opposed to those little soft dinner rolls.
I had the same thought. Grew up in So Jersey and it was always "hard rolls". When I got up to Rutgers, North Jersey to me, it was Kaiser rolls.
A cup of coffee and a buttered hard roll were the choice of most medical students at the 8 am lecture at Rutgers in the mid 70’s.
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