1890: CASE'S PORK ROLL: IN THE BEGINNING
GEORGE PRICE'S TRENTON SAUSAGE COMPANY PHOTO IS FROM THE "BUSINESSES, TRENTON" FOLDER IN THE HAMILTON LIBRARY'S LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION. NOTE THE LOGO ADVERTISING CASE'S FAMOUS PORK ROLL.THE BUILDING IN THE LOWER GRAPHIC STILL STANDS ON SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE. AS YOU ENTER SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE FROM THE "BARLOW CIRCLE"ON THE TRENTON FREEWAY HEADING TOWARD HAMILTON AVENUE, THE BUILDING IS ON THE NEAR LEFT. FADED PAINT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS STILL VISIBLE.
GEORGE PRICE'S TRENTON SAUSAGE COMPANY PHOTO IS FROM THE "BUSINESSES, TRENTON" FOLDER IN THE HAMILTON LIBRARY'S LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION. NOTE THE LOGO ADVERTISING CASE'S FAMOUS PORK ROLL.THE BUILDING IN THE LOWER GRAPHIC STILL STANDS ON SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE. AS YOU ENTER SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE FROM THE "BARLOW CIRCLE"ON THE TRENTON FREEWAY HEADING TOWARD HAMILTON AVENUE, THE BUILDING IS ON THE NEAR LEFT. FADED PAINT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS STILL VISIBLE.
Tom - If I'm not mistaken, Case's Pork Roll and Trenton Pork Roll are two different companies. George Washington Case began Case's from his farm in Belle Meade and is stilll in business today under the same name.
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Tom:
ReplyDeleteThe building was still standing when I left NJ some ten years ago.
For a couple of decades, the one
(1) story building was owned and operated by an old classmate of mine Don (Donald Duck) Salentre.
It fronted as a candy store, but in reality Donald Duck was a "Fence".
Some 15-30 years ago, there was a big raid, and a long list of culprits who went on trial.
Beyond those beautiful brown stones, was the "Trenton box Lunch" building a large gray building. Of course the houses fronting on Greenwood Ave. were all Mansion Type homes, until the Rider College kids turned them into Frat houses in the 50's when Rider was a one building College on E. State near the post office.
Visited Family and friends in Mercer/Hunterdon Counties two weeks ago. Stopped at the Farmer's market and picked up some "Fresh" Pork roll
I still prefer Case's over Taylor's/
Can't get it down here. Did for a while, than no more. They call it "Bagged Baloney" in the boondocks of Virginia.
Regards
Mike Kuzma
Hi Tom: We always brought pork roll back to NH when we went to Trenton. My two sons love it and of course, we cannot get anything even close to our Trenton pork roll up here. As for scrapple, my parents ate it and my husband had it for breakfast when we ate on Route 1 in Lawrenceville. He was born and raised in MA and I did not tell him about the scrapple. He thought it was just great. Some things are best left unsaid. Regards
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