Nancy Young wrote:
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote
>
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >> Today's game started at noon. Way too early for me. Got there
> >> at about a quarter to 10. It was fun, there were a lot of people
> >> tailgating, breakfast style. Those portable gas grills, the ones that
> >> have a folding stand, are more popular than ever. Checked out
> >> the people across the way, hello Taylor ham and egg sandwiches.
>
> > You know I was looking today at the store (Treasure Island in Chicawgo)
> > and
> > they have Taylor pork roll. I think I'm going to have to buy some for a
> > brunch sometime this football season...sounds scrumptious!
>
> Funny, then you'll say, why do people keep talking about this stuff???
>
> I think I'll have to pick some up myself, it's been a long time. I'm
> still not bringing it to games to cook.
Nancy, here is a thread on a local Chicawgo food forum about this very
subject. Click on the link to get some GREAT pix of Taylor Pork Roll AS it
is being COOKED, plus MANY econiums to the noble product. I've included
some text excerpts from the thread, but PLEASE check out the pix, these folx
are OBSSESSED -- AND THERE IS A SONG...!!!
This will CRACK you up:
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=9724
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006
"John Taylor's Pork Roll, 'Taylor Ham'
Christmas/Hanukkah in August
"It must be the case that I'm being a good boy this year for, not only did
Santa, Sinterklaas, the Weihnachtsmann and La Befana all visit me back in
December and early January, but Hanukkah Harry has also remembered me well
this year, first with some delicious Sicilian style pizza from Breukelen
(Bruccalina) back during the winter holiday season...
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=57091#57091
.... and now again this summer! This time, HH was so kind as to bring me one
of the great culinary delights of my home state of New Jersey
Taylor Pork Roll is chopped up bits of pork with a generous but not overly
assertive bit of spicing -- no piquancy, though. When I was a kid growing up
by the banks of the Aquackanonck River in the area the English called New
Barbados, Taylor Ham was one of my favourite things to eat for lunch. Slice
it up, brown it a little in a pan, make a sandwich with a little mustard and
you've got a tasty little repast
Taylor Ham, the pride of Trenton, is also happily accompanied by eggs.
Many, many thanks to Hanukkah Harry for bringing me this treat from the old
country; the last time I had it was back in New Netherland, in a little
lunch-counter place in Montclair in early August of 1996, so it had been a
while (one doesn't forget).
Incidentally, HH stopped by our house in the middle of the night with two
German speaking Kobolde in order to drop off the Pork Roll and he and his
two trusty Knechte, once they were spotted by us, decided to stay and have a
glass (or two) of wine. The last time I saw Harry, I observed that he bore a
certain resemblance to Hungry Rabbi, and he does, though I would say Harry
is a little better-looking.
Antonius
P.S. Some time back, (y)OurPalWill reported seeing Taylor Pork Roll at a
Treasure Island supermarket branch...
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=12856#12856
.... and I have a vague recollection of someone else mentioning having seen
it for sale in the city but, alas, I haven't been able to find any such post
through searches.
I love it. I grew up in NJ and was completely shocked when I moved to the
Midwest that Taylor Ham was a VERY regional food. There was nothing better
than starting the day with a nice Taylor Ham and egg on a kaiser role.
Taylor ham and eggs over easy is wonderful as well.
ETA - I grew up in Cedar Grove, right next to Montclair. What lunch place
were you eating at Antonius?"
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"Jamie
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:49 pm
I grew up in Jersey as well (Medford) and have a Taylor ham in my freezer
ready to be busted out.
Gotta love the band Ween for their odes to Pork Roll. Saw them in Madison
Wisconsin a few weeks ago and when they played this song (they have 2 pork
roll songs), I commented that I was probably the only one in the audience
with Pork Roll in the freezer :
Jamie
Frank
(and vocal - David Williams)
Frank, give me a pork roll egg and cheese, if you please, with some gravy
fries.
Sink into a greasy mega-weedge and I sneezed and it blew my mind.
Time: it's in the hand of God. Chew on turkey or some cod if you please.
Frank, give me a pork roll egg and cheese, if you please, with some gravy
fries.
"Pork Roll Egg and Cheese
When you've had your fun, and your work is done,
You must not succumb.
I can feel you breathe. It's like a mega-weedge inside.
Please don't hide.
So mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you
please,
On a kaiser bun.
Mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you please,
On a kaiser bun.
When the guava's drained, Eddie Dingle remains.
But we must further ourselves on.
So dynamic is life, staring into the sight's
Not right, but wrong in a good way.
So mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you
please,
On a kaiser bun.
Mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you please,
On a kaiser bun.
When you've had your fun, and your work is done,
You must not succumb.
I can feel you breathe. It's like a mega-weedge inside.
Please don't hide.
So mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you
please,
On a kaiser bun.
Mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you please,
On a kaiser bun.
Mommy, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese, if you please,
Kaiser bun. Pork roll egg and cheese."
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"I am frying up some Pork Roll slices as I type
I always cut a slit in each piece on the radius to help prevent curling so
it browns evenly.
My preference has always been an orange square of cellophane cheese on fresh
Wonder bread with some yellow mustard. Unfortunately today it will be on
Brownberry Soft Wheat bread with deli American and brown mustard. Sure it
will still be good; I can hear it sizzling now
Jamie"
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"For you lovers opf Taylor ham (I was a Bergen County transplant who never
developed a taste for it while living there), I have noted that Treasure
Island on Broadway here in Chicago carries it with some frequency though
they don't seem to always stock it. They keep it in the "deli" section next
to the prepackaged deli meats...it's around $7.00/lb..."
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"Exactly what part of the pig is Taylor Ham?
Sincerely,
Jim Leff"
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"I don't know that anyone has noticed it but I did include a link to Will's
mention of a TPR spotting at Treasue Island in 2004; it's in the footnote.
Yes, Trenton is a fine town. Hungry Rabbi has sung in praise of its pizza
and there is clearly a lot of us who appreciate the old pork roll. Let me
add to the list the no longer available (it seems, alas) OTC cracker, the
Original Trenton Cracker, which was one of the finest crackers in the world
for use in soups or chowders.
Greetings from England...
Antonius"
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