Taylor Pork Roll

Hmm... I may have talked about this before. A few years ago, I photographed some paintings at the house of Teller (of Penn & Teller) outside of Las Vegas. He is from Philly, and he made breakfast. Waffles (with a nice commercial maker) with frozen strawberries, and 1/4" slices of fried Taylor's. It was great! Then, I found Taylor's in two sizes of chub at the Farmer's Market here in LA. I tried it, and for some reason it just was not as good as it was there in Las Vegas, I don't know why. Maybe I'll try it again.
But I just want to let folks know you can get it at the meat market on the east end of FM. 3rd & Fairfax.
-Scott Lindgren scottlindgren@netzero.com

If it wasn't for a "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese w/salt, pepper, ketchup"..the entire trucking industry leaving Port Newark would shut down.

What makes it different from bologna?

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Originally posted by JakerDog

If it wasn't for a "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese w/salt, pepper, ketchup"..the entire trucking industry leaving Port Newark would shut down.

Ha Ha........

I pass Deramus Ave everyday to go to my office Where Raymond Blvd & E. Ferry come together.

Seriously, is "Taylor Ham" or "Taylor Pork Roll" just another regional word to make baloney, (bologna), sound acceptable?
At least the folks who eat SPAM and Treet and head cheese and all that other stuff call it what it is.

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Originally posted by matilda

Seriously, is "Taylor Ham" or "Taylor Pork Roll" just another regional word to make baloney, (bologna), sound acceptable?
At least the folks who eat SPAM and Treet and head cheese and all that other stuff call it what it is.

It's not the same. The flavor is very different. bologna is a lot softer and lighter in color also.

Taylor and all the other Trenton, NJ pork rolls are much closer to salami than to bologna.

Thank you both very much!! I really do appreciate it!! Pork Roll Beetle Hats, anyone!!
(Did they ever feed ya'll what they called Beetle Hats in the public school cafeteria?)

Having just experienced Taylor Pork Roll=Not at all, Matilda, what you think.No way is it Spam or Treet or whatever you may imagine.

I am a jersey guy who has lived in west tn. for the last forty years. I love barbecue but I still prefer pork roll. Is their anyplace in west tn. where I can get pr. I miss it greatly!

I'd say it is closer to a cross between Bacon but with the consistancy of spam until you fry it. I know some people microwave it but that is just, well.... gotta be crisp to get the full effect in my opinion.

So, to whom should I listen?

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Originally posted by matilda

Thank you both very much!! I really do appreciate it!! Pork Roll Beetle Hats, anyone!!
(Did they ever feed ya'll what they called Beetle Hats in the public school cafeteria?)

Would that be fried Bologna?


I didnt have it in school but did enjoy making it at home.

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Originally posted by NJ Pork Roll

I'd say it is closer to a cross between Bacon but with the consistancy of spam until you fry it. I know some people microwave it but that is just, well.... gotta be crisp to get the full effect in my opinion.

Good call......Maybe the meat is smoked like bacon. That just might be the difference between Pork Roll, Spam, & Bologna

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Originally posted by jerzeydawg

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Originally posted by matilda

Thank you both very much!! I really do appreciate it!! Pork Roll Beetle Hats, anyone!!
(Did they ever feed ya'll what they called Beetle Hats in the public school cafeteria?)

Would that be fried Bologna?



I didnt have it in school but did enjoy making it at home.

A Beetle Hat is a cold, uncooked and quite often slimy piece of bologna laid on a plate, topped with a scoop of fake mashed potatoes and covered with a slice of plastic government cheese. Quite tasty if you're in the right frame of mind.

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Originally posted by matilda

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Originally posted by jerzeydawg

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Originally posted by matilda

Thank you both very much!! I really do appreciate it!! Pork Roll Beetle Hats, anyone!!
(Did they ever feed ya'll what they called Beetle Hats in the public school cafeteria?)

Would that be fried Bologna?



I didnt have it in school but did enjoy making it at home.

A Beetle Hat is a cold, uncooked and quite often slimy piece of bologna laid on a plate, topped with a scoop of fake mashed potatoes and covered with a slice of plastic government cheese. Quite tasty if you're in the right frame of mind.

I jut puked in my mouth

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Originally posted by jerzeydawg

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Originally posted by matilda

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Originally posted by jerzeydawg

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Originally posted by matilda

Thank you both very much!! I really do appreciate it!! Pork Roll Beetle Hats, anyone!!
(Did they ever feed ya'll what they called Beetle Hats in the public school cafeteria?)

Would that be fried Bologna?



I didnt have it in school but did enjoy making it at home.

A Beetle Hat is a cold, uncooked and quite often slimy piece of bologna laid on a plate, topped with a scoop of fake mashed potatoes and covered with a slice of plastic government cheese. Quite tasty if you're in the right frame of mind.

I jut puked in my mouth

Typical fare for our public school system.

A Beetle Hat is a cold, uncooked and quite often slimy piece of bologna laid on a plate, topped with a scoop of fake mashed potatoes and covered with a slice of plastic government cheese. Quite tasty if you're in the right frame of mind.


Take a whole lot of .......... to get me in THAT frame of mind

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Originally posted by Bobs

I am a jersey guy who has lived in west tn. for the last forty years. I love barbecue but I still prefer pork roll. Is their anyplace in west tn. where I can get pr. I miss it greatly!

I tried to email you Bobs but it was returned as an unknown email address.. Anyway.. If there's a BJ's Wholesale in your area, look 4 it there, they carry the large rolls here in Florida

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Originally posted by jerzeydawg

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Originally posted by roossy90

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Originally posted by harriet1954 For the poster who said they had a hard time keeping it flat when pan-frying: cut tiny notches at "2, 4, 7 & 10" 'round the circle. That should really help. Either that, or put something weighted like a bacon press on

As is visible in my photo.

And on the 8th day....God made Pork Roll

That looks really good!

It was tasty.. But kinda salty...that was really my only complaint.
Little sandwich shop in Conway has it on their menu.....

matilda,

Bologna can be made witha mixed bag of meats and or an all beef variety, so it's hard to compare. Taylor Pork Roll is good old salted, cured pork. It really has a different taste, not like bologna at all, maybe more like a bland, salty salami or even a boiled salami and not hard Genoa, or closer to Canadian Bacon. It is hard to describe but it really is a unique taste. Spam fried is wonderful also, but again it doesn't have the same greasy, salty taste. Pork roll egg, cheese is a staple on most Jersey deli's morning menus. It is really tasty and you should try it. Check this link out:

http://www.jerseyporkroll.com/what.htm

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Originally posted by matilda

Seriously, is "Taylor Ham" or "Taylor Pork Roll" just another regional word to make baloney, (bologna), sound acceptable?
At least the folks who eat SPAM and Treet and head cheese and all that other stuff call it what it is.

It's not really bologna.. I had never tried it, until I made that post on this thread, with photo.....
Hard to describe it, Matilda.

Hey,
A quality bologna, say Thuman's or Boars Head is great fried for breakfast....It was a treat for me fifty years ago when I was a kid....And being from New Jersey,the culinary capital of the North East...we all know Taylor Pork roll is as much Spam as Pizza Hut is Pizza(Maybe in the mid west it is??)Oh and Spam is nothing more than a hunk of the cold cut Spiced Ham...and try that fried for breakfast

There is nothing better than a Taylor Ham and Cheese on a slightly toasted bagel. If you get it sliced at the deli-get is very thin and pile it on. When it is thin it gets nice an crispy.

Would that would be kosher Taylor Ham on a kosher bagel at the kosher deli?

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Originally posted by brentk
It sounds like there may be other ways to serve it. Please describe.

Brentk,
You could use it for a sort of garnish in a livermush sandwich. Be sure to slather it all with Duke's Mayonnaise, though. And use plain old store-bought white bread.
Sandwiched In, Ort. Carlton in Athens, Georgia.

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Originally posted by Oneiron339
I wish I could find it in Atlanta, haven't had it for years. I'll have to make a road trip to PA and bring some back.

Oneiron,
That oughtn't be necessary. My local Publix store carries it, so you ought to be able to turn it up in one Publix or another in Metro 30301-land. You may have to ask up front where they keep it, because I just lucked up on it in my local store... it wasn't with many of their similar products.
Taylor Made, Ort. Carlton in Athens.
P. S. My local Publix carries both the thin-sliced and the thick-sliced versions: "Choose yer pizen," as my mother used to say.

P. P. S. An amendment: DUH, someone already told you that. Gnerb. Ignore this post.

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Originally posted by meowzart

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Originally posted by hungovergourmet

You could be the perfect dining companion. You love Taylor Pork Roll AND scrapple? Hell, you could be the perfect man even! Ay yi yi!!!

Meowzart,
What? He likes Taylor Pork Roll and scrapple, he says, but he don't mention LIVERMUSH? Sounds to me like you better hunt a man som'ers else. -- Myse'f, I wouldn't go out with no self-respectin' gal who didn't crave her a livermush sandwich.
Entrally Level, Ort. Carlton in 30601-Central.

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Originally posted by harriet1954

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Originally posted by GordonW

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I was going to add also that you could probably find Drink-A-Toast (also known as Boost) in any food store along Route 130 in Burlington County. There's an Acme close to Riverside that I'm sure has it.

Dearfolk,
I know it's off the Taylor Pork Roll topic, but y'all had me PLUMB stumped with your references to Drink-A-Toast. Although I hail from Georgia, I AM familiar with Boost, that flat cola-type beverage from Western New Jersey... and I sure would like to try it just once, even if it does play Whaley with my sugar levels! Who knows... I might grow to like it almost as much as I like Moxie!
Needing A Booster Seat For Once, Ort. Carlton in Stand-Up-And-Cheer Athens, Georgia.

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Originally posted by roossy90
Here is a photo of a sandwich I got a few weeks ago.

Roossy,
Oh where, oh where did you find a sandwich like that????? -- Or did you make it yourself??? -- You're making me hungry.
Hamming It Up, Ort. Carlton in Athens.