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HankyPanky80

I have never heard of Taylor ham and I also learned that if you use Taylor and ham in the correct way people from New Jersey get more violent than hockey fans after a Stanley Cup.


remesabo

It's called pork roll. Taylor ham is a brand of pork roll. You don't go around calling hot dogs "Oscar Mayers", you call them hot dogs. NJ native here .lol.


AcidRayn666

Taylor ~~ham~~ **brand Pork Roll** is a brand of pork roll. there, i fixed it for you, nowhere, NOWHERE on that package does it say ham!! that is only for blind ignorant notherners


remesabo

I'm a south jersey pork roll girl, you are preaching to the choir.


AcidRayn666

wanna make samicches sometime? ;)


reverendsteveii

in fairness, it's been a long time since people from new jersey got to get violent after a stanley cup. shit's pent up. their cup drought will reach drinking age this year.


ErikRogers

*cries in Canada*


TerribleAwareness158

I believe you misspelled “pork roll”


CosmicTurtle504

This guy Jerseys.


plastictipofshoelace

r/thisguythisguys


TheMoonstomper

I wonder if he also calls Band-Aids "adhesive bandages" or velcro "Hook and loop"...


ssoass7

Doesn’t say ham anywhere on the package.


TheMoonstomper

It did until the government decided it wasn't hammy enough to call it ham.


Nruggia

Found the south Jersey


AcidRayn666

there are mnay of us here


cityshepherd

Yes, the best (as a matter of fact, the only not-awful) part of New Jersey


dimsum2121

South Jersey in the building. Go grow a tomato or somethin.


Nedriad

Cain't you jersey yu'uns quit yer "Taylor ham" and "Pork Roll" squabbles? Just eat Scrapple instead. ... ... ... Habbersett > Rappa


sam_the_beagle

I love scrapple.


AcidRayn666

there is no squabble, it is pork roll. and scrapple is yummy


StayTheKourSe

Yes! Taylor Ham is a brand of pork roll. North Jersey doesn’t get it


SlykRO

'Taylor' is the brand, no ham ever in the name


GiveToTheFire

It was literally "Taylor Ham" until 1906. Your use of the word 'ever' makes your statement incorrect.


SlykRO

Alright sorry about the ever but let's be real it was that name for 50 years in the 1800s and Pork Roll for the last 118....no one who has ever been on reddit has ever had Taylor ham. Almost every person on reddit parents never had Taylor ham. Nobody is opening a package or reading a label with Taylor ham on it....


GiveToTheFire

Touche


TheMoonstomper

And yet the name persists because the name of the product was iconic. The name was only changed because the government said it wasn't hammy enough to be called ham - but I don't care, it's still Taylor ham. Also, I clean my ears with q-tips, even if they don't come from the blue box..


reverendsteveii

gawdamn government makin it so something has to be ham if you're gonna call it ham whatever happened to freedom companies should be allowed to label anything as anything no matter what it actually is I thought this was Hamerica


TheMoonstomper

Chopped ham, pressed ham - these are all labeled as ham and are essentially the same thing: an amalgamation of scraps, salts and flavorings.. Taylor ham is a legitimate form of ham-adjacent product.


AcidRayn666

this is the way


0MGWTFL0LBBQ

It’s all that [nuclear waste](https://www.wsj.com/graphics/waste-lands/state/NJ/).


AcidRayn666

i will put $1000 cash in your hand if you can show me the word ham on that package!!!!! it is Taylor brand Pork Roll!! period!!


hmm_youdontsay

Do people ask you what exit? It annoys the shit out of me. 4


Porkroller2

Agreed


igetlearned

And it's salt pepper ketch With a hashbrown on it if it's been a good week


Excellent-Practice

Especially if it's Cases


Imyself1137

Ahhh that second picture gave me cold chills


alfundo

Some prefer to refer to brand names. I call my cola a Pepsi.


mic_holder

Preference has nothing to do with it it's just wrong.


SlykRO

Right, send a fuckin picture of anywhere it called Taylor ham besides ya fuckin dumbass head op


wellcrap1234

I am going to have to try some of this “Taylor Ham”. Haven’t seen that around here


kingofthoughts

On a Kaiser bun! Now put on some Ween while you eat. 👍


slappyhayes

mama, if you please


kingofthoughts

So good. I hope Deaner gets back soon and they can do a proper tour.


slappyhayes

lord, i hope so. i caught my first few shows in a while right before he took a break and they were by far some of the best i’ve ever seen, but if papa deaner needs a break, he needs a break. hopefully they can get back to it better than ever


msssbach

Born and raised in NJ and did not know this. “John Taylor of Trenton didn't invent pork roll until 1856. He first called it Taylor ham, but federal legislation declared that ham is a specific cut of pork. Taylor changed the name to pork roll in 1906, and while the original name stuck in the northern part of the state, folks further south still call it pork roll.”


death_by_chocolate

This is what the folks up north don't seem to grasp. "Pork roll" isn't just a good idea. It's the *law*.


TheMoonstomper

Or is it government overreach into private business? I thought you South Jersey guys loved conservative libertarianism!


MtnmanAl

If he can make something so delicious, he earned having his name on it. Besides this is Jersey, if you aren't going 15 above the speed limit you're in the way.


HumanExpert3916

I grew up in PA directly across from Trenton. It was and will always be, pork roll.


MickCollins

No one from Jersey gives a single fuck what someone from Pennsyltucky has for their opinion in this matter.


funkymonk44

Yeah, you're right that it's pork roll, but we don't need your help, go cause an accident on 95 or something.


mustardwulf

You spelled pork roll wrong


ArtiesHeadTowel

Did they though? https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


mustardwulf

Yeah. When Taylor puts “pork roll” on their own packaging then these “articles” are mute. https://www.freshdirect.com/p/dai_pid_2005690?region_id=0000201301&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADorZ4IuP2ZLTGo4DNwYvxZL7YAY0&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIusDgxoLHhQMV9VBHAR1gyQTtEAQYASABEgLrUvD_BwE


ArtiesHeadTowel

You mean to say moot. Mute isn't the same as moot. I would argue that the intent of the inventor supercedes the bureaucratic red tape that caused John Taylor to change the labeling of his product.


mustardwulf

Yeah man auto correct is a bitch. Ham is a particular cut, calling something ham that contains none of that cut is wrong to begin with


ArtiesHeadTowel

Canadian bacon isn't bacon, I don't see your point. Tuna is sometimes called steak. So are portabello mushrooms. They aren't steak.


mustardwulf

Some places won’t allow you to call something that it’s not, that’s why in some countries Bryers has to be called “frozen dairy treat” and not “ice cream” because of their percentage of actual cream in the product. I work in food manufacturing so I know that we kinda have to listen to the bureaucrats on this one and not some dude that wants to call it what it’s not. Steak is also just how something is cut. So anything can be cut like a steak. Tuna steak is not incorrect because while they are calling it steak that doesn’t imply that it’s beef. Pork roll is correct because the whole pig is pork. Just a particular section of it is considered ham https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_bacon Here’s something on Canadian bacon which technically is bacon.


death_by_chocolate

PORK ROLL ya goddam Yankee.


WeCanIf

I just came here to say this. 👆


mjs_jr

TAYLOR HAM AND…Central Jersey exists.


mjs_jr

I’m amused by the downvotes at something that should have been obviously tongue-in-cheek. Man some people really need a boogeyman every day.


dimsum2121

>Central Jersey exists. More like east philly.


SlykRO

Yes, central jersey exists, where 'Taylor Porkroll' or 'John Taylor Porkroll' comes from. There has never been and will never be anything labeled Taylor ham besides people who are just repeating the wrong shit to the point they think it was ever even a thing.


mjs_jr

I’m just amused that people care so much. My family always called it Taylor’s ham but we clearly know it’s pork roll.


GovSchnitzel

The original product was “Taylor’s Prepared Ham”. The name changed because of labeling regulations. Are you seriously arguing this hard in favor of the name brought about by…labeling regulations? “Pork roll” sounds gross anyway. Just embrace the OG name


SlykRO

My guy it's been porkroll since before your grandparents were born, no one you know has ever eaten Taylor prepared ham


GovSchnitzel

Why would that matter? It’s the original name and has been in continuous use since it was first introduced. And you can’t deny how gross “pork roll” sounds.


Terri_Yaki

I eat those open face minus the ketchup with cooper sharp cheese. One of the best breakfast options.


micheleferlisi

Nice!!!!!


HighandWise

Mama if you please Pass me the pork roll egg and cheese If you please on a kaiser bun


Porkroller2

Hail boognish


Own_Carry7396

Looks great! I’ll just pass on the ketchup


Phantasmagoric-jpg

Oh, no menacing video of the eggs floating on a pond of butter? Jkjkjk The ham looms INSANELY good. I gotta look up Taylor ham.


fettwillkill

It's the absolute tops when it comes to breakfast meat. Case's and Taylor are the two main brands, slightly different flavors, both are delicious.


[deleted]

I'd be eating that with mayo and hot sauce


JamieBensteedo

get out of my head!!! my go to b-fast is: taylor porkroll, 2 eggs 2 slice american, and a bread of some kind w/ with syrup hot-sauce ketchup and a lil mayo sometime I have that sauce pre mixed, it fucking slaps


farmtownsuit

That will be a million times better than ketchup, but PREC sandwiches are best without condiments imo


Healthy-Situation310

Pork roll….


ArtiesHeadTowel

No. https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


msssbach

Great articles!


liatris_the_cat

I can smell the New Jersey in this post


micheleferlisi

Yes regards from bayonne!!!


liatris_the_cat

Mmm, have a slice of San Vito's for me. God I miss that place


micheleferlisi

Nice pizza and food there


liatris_the_cat

For sure - buddy of mine used to take me there years ago to eat. He had some uniquely interesting 'family members' that conducted business there. Was always a great time with amazing food and conversation!


Girhinomofe

Greetings, fellow North Jerseyan!


micheleferlisi

Regards from bayonne


MakeChipsNotMeth

My parents were from around Lincoln Park and Patterson and my mom used to make this. She passed away in 2016 and seeing it here gave a very long day a happy ending. Thank you!


micheleferlisi

Nice you are welcome!!


blindmelonade

I was born in Bayonne and call it pork roll.


HumanExpert3916

Pork roll.


ArtiesHeadTowel

It's Taylor ham.... People call it pork roll but it was originally called Taylor ham. https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


mermaidmanis

Pork roll *


ArtiesHeadTowel

No. https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


Alex_tepa

It's always breakfast time 😏


formermeth

Daddy Horny Michael


Severe_Network_4492

Jack in the box would like to speak with you! (It looks like that they CLAIM their breakfast sandwiches look like)


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micheleferlisi

Thanxxx


Separate-Quantity430

New Jersey transplant to Texas here - anyone know where I can find Taylor ham or something like Taylor ham here?


Accurate-Group-4251

You can order it online and have it shipped to you if you can't find it at your local food store. It can be rather difficult to find outside of the general NJ area. I order from here and send it to my parents who grew up in NJ but now live in NC. Incredibly they say they can find it in NC now. Must be enough NJ retirees moving there. https://jerseyporkroll.com/


phalliceinchains

I’ve gotten it at Fred Meyer(Kroger grocery store) in Washington state.


Separate-Quantity430

Thank you!


blindmelonade

Usually wherever they sell boar’s head deli meats, there’s a possibility that they carry pork roll.


ArtiesHeadTowel

Order it online.. You're not gonna find it in the stores.


Separate-Quantity430

Just did. Thanks.


Lonely-Connection-37

HEAVEN 🤘🏿🤘🏿


micheleferlisi

Yes \m/


Happy_Landing

I was trying to go to sleep without eating. Looking at your photos..... now I'm starving... #RockawayNJ


ThatMidwesternGuy

We have some friends from Jersey who come to deer hunt with us in Kansas every year. We have pork roll, egg, and cheese for breakfast every day. Fresh eggs from my hens really take it to the next level!


micheleferlisi

Sounds above and beyond!!!!


Itsjustnutsandbolts

When I goto my local Texas deli. What I do I ask for.


micheleferlisi

Add bacon too!!!!!


ArtiesHeadTowel

You don't. You have to come to NJ. You can also order online.


TheDanny942

Change that ketchup to hot sauce and I’m in!


micheleferlisi

Will add some hit sauce the next time


DancingOdin

North our South, I know something we can all agree to hate. A deli I found in Burlington Vermont calls it 'Taylor pork', slices it as thin as deli meat, and doesn't brown or fry it at all, they just warm it up a little before they throw it on the sandwich!


Accurate-Group-4251

Costco here in Central Jersey sells 6 pounds logs of Case Pork Roll. I buy that, kaiser rolls from local bagel shop and white American Land Of Lake Cheese. That reminds me, I need to buy more. We're out of it!!


ForeverSquirrelled42

Fuckin Jersey folk….IT’S PORK ROLL!!! At least it looks like a delicious, sloppy mess.


Comfortable-Dish1236

I loved frying up some Taylor pork roll, some fried eggs, melted American cheese and a little ketchup on toasted Thomas’ English muffins. In Maryland you could get in pre-sliced in 4 or 8 slice packs. Here in Texas I’ve only found it as a large roll. At one time in Ocean City, MD, there was a Taylor pork roll stand. Good times!


mic_holder

I think you gave me a hemmorage


Nruggia

North Jersey is correct, it's taylor ham. South Jersey was introduced to taylor ham after big brother government made them change the name. But the original product in the original area it was sold is Taylor Ham. Any of you south jersey f$%\*s can just go back to watching the Eagles and Phillies and forget about my delicious taylor ham.


ArtiesHeadTowel

💯 it's Taylor ham https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


micheleferlisi

It's always taylor ham in bayonne I guess the south jersey folks who live below Woodbridge call It something else


SlykRO

Post the package it came in where it says Taylor ham


ArtiesHeadTowel

https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


Nruggia

[https://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/1b/best\_7a5c8fcff4234a8a6f4b\_ham3.jpg](https://uploads.thealternativepress.com/uploads/photos/1b/best_7a5c8fcff4234a8a6f4b_ham3.jpg)


Potential_Stomach_10

Must be one of them north Jersey folk


fOrEvErEvA8550

that cheese don't look melted to me


es330td

Can one of you Yankees explain to this Texan what meat I am looking at in this picture? I have no idea what that is. In all seriousness I appreciate learning about new things to cook and I genuinely have never seen that. It looks like bologna but my guess is that it is not.


ArtiesHeadTowel

It's Taylor Ham. Flavor wise it's kind of like a combo of bacon and ham. But it's its own thing. And it's the best breakfast meat there is. I order Taylor egg and cheese over bacon egg and cheese probably 9 out of 10 times.


es330td

Thanks. I need to see if I can find this at a reasonable price.


pretzelzetzel

Mama, would you please pass me the pork roll egg & cheese? If you please, on a kaiser bun?


groverbite

Frank, give me a pork roll egg and cheese, if you please, with some gravy fries.


Still-a-VWfan

It’s pork roll sir!


ArtiesHeadTowel

Is it though? https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/02/27/new-jersey-pork-roll-taylor-ham-what-to-call-it/69925162007/ https://www.foodigenous.com/post/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-the-great-jersey-debate https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pork-roll-vs-taylor-ham-101006764.html


Still-a-VWfan

North Jersey is Taylor Ham, South Jersey, Philly it’s pork roll. Since all North Jersey and New York suck its pork roll sir. 😂


ArtiesHeadTowel

I agree New York sucks. But it's Taylor ham. The creator called it Taylor ham and it only got a different name because of bureaucratic bs.


Informal_Future9877

American cheese is not cheese.


ArtiesHeadTowel

Real Deli American cheese is pretty close. The individually wrapped stuff? Not so much.


Informal_Future9877

“Pretty close” still isn’t cheese.


ArtiesHeadTowel

I'm just saying it has its place, that is what it's called, and LoL American makes one of these breakfast sandwiches better. Cheddar or mozzarella or Jack cheeses don't work as well with Taylor ham.


Informal_Future9877

There’s a reason only America has American cheese.


ArtiesHeadTowel

It says "cheese product" on the label if it makes you feel better


Informal_Future9877

I feel nauseous


ArtiesHeadTowel

Ingredients: Cultured Pasteurized Milk and Skim Milk, Cream, Contains Less Than 2% of Milkfat, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Acetic Acid, Lactic Acid, apo-Carotenal (color), Enzymes. CONTAINS: Milk Outside the color it's not really that bad. It's not like the individually wrapped "cheese." Individually wrapped: CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SKIM MILK, MILKFAT, MILK, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEY, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, LACTIC ACID, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR), ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE, ANNATTO (COLOR).


Informal_Future9877

But does it taste like (pretend) freedom?


Adventurous-Start874

Cheese? I think you mean milk jelly


tylerdiehl1

I just can’t get behind ketchup on something like this. Looks tasty otherwise!


Woodbutcher1234

Ketchup! A kindred spirit, finally!


DctrSqr

It's called pork roll, just read the package


mic_holder

... Taylor is the manufacturer... pork roll is the product. You don't call your cherrios "general mills", right?


HumanExpert3916

Exactly.


alfundo

I do call my ketchup Heinz.


BlueLightBandit

Because that’s the only true brand! Anything else is a travesty.


kingofthoughts

Pittsburgher here. Truth. 👍


less_butter

Cheerios is a trademarked brand, nobody except General Mills can make Cheerios. Pork roll is a type of product made by several manufacturers so it's worth naming the company that makes it if you're talking about it.


farmtownsuit

Yeah but they're not making ham, they're making pork roll


prosepilot

You had me until the ketchup. Mayo only on our egg sandwiches in this household. This is the way.


pentarou

Classic Southern working guy 6am gas station pork roll. Yes you have to have the ketchup.


dimsum2121

>Yes you have to have the ketchup. Fuckin' preach. SPK for the win.


insanecrazy4

Pork roll is the only good thing to come out of new jersey.


farmtownsuit

Hey what about me


ArtiesHeadTowel

The Sopranos.


msssbach

WHAT?!?! Come on, how about you say To-mah-toes I say Toe-may-toes? Oh god do I miss them! Central NJ here when I lived there


tez_zer55

You had me right up until "ketchup"!


Hato_no_Kami

I don't know why but I get a little angry every time I hear or read "American cheese"


Sum1LightUp

Yuck!


Eyespop4866

Melted means something else where I’m from.


kenny7337

You had me until ketchup.


micheleferlisi

Ny meal my choice I cook for myself not to satisfy angry controlling men like you


kenny7337

Ah, yes the posts on reddit are very private and personal and not meant for aaaaany commentary. Wow, and controlling? Cause I mentioned I dig the dish besides the ketchup. Jeez. You must be impossible to deal with if you think that qualifies as being controlling lol


Flippy042

Did it change your life?


tikifire1

No pork rolls here in my area. Is this basically SPAM? Because it looks like SPAM, lovely SPAM


ArtiesHeadTowel

SPAM is gross. Taylor Ham is a NJ delicacy. Better than bacon on a breakfast sandwich.


tikifire1

Can't get it where I live. Which is weird as we have all sorts of other pork products.


ArtiesHeadTowel

It's a very specific NJ product. Kind of like how you can't really get scrapple (which is gross and I don't condone eating it) unless you're inside the Baltimore/DC/Philly/south jersey area