With the upcoming Trenton "Pork Roll Festival" which has morphed into a legal brouhaha with two festivals I understand are to be held simultaneously, I dug into my comprehensive database which includes Trenton's famous "TOMATO PIES" and began researching the Taylor connection to this delightful locally famous delicacy.I found that the Taylor family has an historical genealogy in Burlington County that dates back to the pre-Revolutionary War years. My "PORK ROLL" folder has a number of interesting articles, some of which involved legal battles over the years as can be seen in this collection of Pork Roll articles and ads. Case was a "Johnny-come-lately" entry into the industry, but still is my personal favorite.
Hmmm....how about a new slogan on the free Trenton-Morrisville bridge:
"TRENTON BASTES, THE WORLD TASTES"
with a large image of a pork roll as part of the new slogan.
Tom:
ReplyDeleteAs a teenager in South Trenton, I worked for the Yoskovitch (NKA as YOUNG) family who operated "Reliable Meat Market" at th corner of Market and Cooper Sts. We made our own Pork Roll/Prepared Ham under the "Reliable Pork Roll" name. Once of the main ingredients was Salt Peter. My creative juices went to work at this early age, and I came up with this slogan; "Rel, Rel, won't make your ------- Swell" Could not help sending this to you after you went through all the trouble to asssemble what you did on Pork Roll, delete it if you must.
Regards
Mike
The number of elderly visitors to this website are miniscule. On the other hand, I suspect that the computer literate younger generation will google the above mentioned chemical to learn what we military veterans were exposed to back in the day.
ReplyDeleteHi Tom: Any way you slice it, Trenton's unique treat is great. We used to bring Taylor roll back with us to New England because our two "Yankee-born'' sons loved it too. I miss our trips but maybe some day we can do it again. Regards
ReplyDeleteNo problem with sodium nitrate and nitrite. It occurs naturally in celery, and celery juice is used to create cured "uncured" meats out here in CA.
ReplyDeleteOur family frequently uses Morton's Tender Quick in the preparation of simply wonderful pork chops for the grill. It consists of sugar, salt and just a little NaNO3. Don't forget the pepper, garlic and onion seasonings. ;-)