Pork Roll (regionally known as Taylor Ham ) is processed meat based meat and is generally available in New Jersey, New York, Delaware and parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland. It was developed in 1856 by John Taylor of Hamilton Square, New Jersey, and sold as "Taylor Ham". Other producers entered the market, and subsequent food labeling rules required Taylor to set them as "pig bolsters" in addition to their competitors.
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Origin and description
While similar items, packed minced meat, may have been produced at the time of the Battle of Trenton, John Taylor is credited with creating his secret recipe for the product in 1856. George Washington Case, a farmer and butcher from nearby Belle Mead, New Jersey, itself for pork bolsters in 1870. Cases are reportedly packed in corn husk.
Initially Taylor called his product "Taylor's Prepared Ham", but was forced to change its name after failing to meet the new legal definition of "ham" stipulated by the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. Marketed as "Taylor's Pig Roll" and "Trenton Pork Roll" competition from products with similar names like "Rolled Pork" and "Trenton style Pork Roll". When the author was sued by Taylor, the 1910 lawsuit ruled that the word "Pork Roll" could not be trademarked.
In North Jersey, residents continue to use the term Taylor Ham, while South Jersey residents generally use the term Pork Roll, with residents of Central Jersey using a mixture of both.
In the 1910 lawsuit, it was described as "a food article made of pork, packed in cylindrical cotton sacks or bags in such a way that it can be quickly prepared to be cooked by slicing without releasing it from the bag." Larry Olmsted of USA Today has described the taste of meat as "a cross between bacon and bacon, hammy and smoky less than Canada, more fatty and salty than bacon, with a unique texture, both crispy and slightly mushy. "
Companies that make pork roll including and Loeffler's Gourmet, Hatfield Quality Meats, and Alderfer Premium from Harleysville, Pennsylvania.
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Usually eaten as part of a sandwich, with popular spices including salt, pepper, tomato sauce, mustard, spicy sauce, lettuce, and tomatoes. It is also included in many other recipes, including the popular breakfast sandwiches known in the region as "Breakfast Jersey", "Taylor Ham, Egg and Cheese", or "Pork Rolls, Eggs and Cheeses." where fried pork rolls combine with fried eggs and American cheeses and served on hard rolls, bagels or English. New Jersey restaurants listed for their Jersey Breakfast include Slater's in Middletown, and Starks United in Keansburg.
In popular culture
Trenton, New Jersey held the first Pork Roll Festival on May 24, 2014.
Little League baseball team Trenton Thunder hosted their Trenton Thunder World Famous Case "Pork Roll Eating Championship" launch on September 26, 2015. Joey Chestnut won the contest by eating 32 pork sandwich rolls in 10 minutes.
Lakewood BlueClaws minor league baseball teams hold Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese Race at the end of the fourth inning of each home game.
A song titled "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese" appeared on Ween's The Pod by Ween, a local resident of New Hope, Pennsylvania, referring specifically to a sandwich consisting of pork rolls, eggs and cheese on a kaiser roll. Some other songs by bands such as "Frank" also contain references to pig scrolls.
On April 14, 2016, Assemblyman Tim Eustace introduced the Laws in the State Legislature of New Jersey which designated the sandwiches of Ham, Egg, and Taylor cheese as a New Jersey State Sandwich and complemented chapter 9A of Title 52 of the Revised Statute. "An Act that designates the Taylor Ham sandwich, eggs and cheese as a New Jersey State Sandwich and completes chapter 9A of Title 52 of the Revised Statute."
On May 15, 2016, President Barack Obama gave a preliminary speech at the Rutgers University 250 graduation ceremony in which he referred to "Taylor ham vs. pig ball debate", saying, "I came here for a simple reason - to finally finish this pig curl vs. ham question Taylor... I'm just kidding... Not much I fear in my final year in power, but I know better than being in the middle of the debate. "
See also
- Back bacon
- Seasoning ham
References
External links
- Rojas, Christina (May 21, 2015). "Trenton mayor declared 'Pork Roll Day' to coincide with Saturday's festival". The Times (Trenton).
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