PORK ROLL OR TAYLOR HAM?
THERE HAS BEEN A LONG LASTING DEBATE ON WHETHER THIS SALTED AND CURED PORK PRODUCT IS CALLED “PORK ROLL” OR “TAYLOR HAM.”
A DIVIDED NEW JERSEY HAS CONSTANTLY ARGUED ABOUT THE REAL NAME OF THIS STUFF BUT THE “PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT OF 1906” ESSENTIALLY SETTLED THE DEBATE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY MARKETED AS “TAYLOR’S PREPARED HAM” HOWEVER IT WAS LATER RENAMED “ORIGINAL TAYLOR PORK ROLL” SINCE THE CONTENTS OF THE CURED PORK PRODUCT DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED HAM. THIS ESSENTIALLY MADE JOHN TAYLOR’S PRODUCT A MERE LUNCH MEAT.
