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Taylor Ham

Dialect

Meaning
Pork roll, the North Jersey name for it.
Type
Dialect Word
Used in
New Jersey

What does “Taylor Ham” mean

A processed pork product invented by John Taylor of Trenton, NJ in 1856. Eaten in a "Taylor Ham, egg and cheese" on a hard roll — a New Jersey breakfast institution. North Jersey says Taylor Ham; South Jersey says pork roll. The line is roughly Trenton.

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