Pork roll is the appropriate name.
Taylor is the brand name, and it’s not “ham”...
Of course, ObozoMustGo is correct. Every weekend morning, thousands of New Jersey fishermen heading for their boats, party boats or surf casting secret spots line up at hundreds of deli’s, diners and even some bait and tackle shops all over the state to order the exact same thing: pork roll, egg and cheese on a hard roll. As ObozoMustGo correctly points out, Taylor is just one particular brand name for their version of pork roll. Do you ask for “facial tissue” or a Kleenex? It’s one of those products where one particular brand name has been adopted by consumers as the name of the commodity itself. Ask any fishermen in NJ “who makes the best pork roll, egg and cheese?” and you really will have a controversy on your hands!
Whoever catches the first 15 pound bluefish out of the Manasquan inlet, please think of me for a moment - an exiled surf caster from Monmouth County...
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