Where to buy Pork Roll in Boston?

[hoolese]

When I lived in philly a good diner breakfast wasnt complete without pork roll, a type of pork sausage youd slice and grill and serve in breakfast sandwhiches. You could also but it at the store, taylor was the brand name. Anyone know where to buy it here?

[MC Slim JB]

I'd missed this old thread, but as it has been revived, awesome Ween reference and all, I will point out again that Mike & Patty's in Bay Village does a pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich on occasion for breakfast, and it is delicious, even to those like me who did not grow up in New Jersey.

http://mcslimjb.blogspot.com/

[nsenada]

I may have to stake the place out for one - saw Ween in Portland last week, and they played both "Pork Roll Egg and Cheese," and "Frank" which also has a reference to PRE&C, in addition to turkey, cod and gravy fries.

[Jenny Ondioline]

Bumping up an old thread to note that I saw Taylor pork roll (whole, not sliced) in the deli counter at Market On The Square, the 24-hour market at the corner of Brattle and Church in Cambridge. In case anyone was still looking.

[bear]

Roche Bros. in Wellesley had Taylor Pork Roll in the meat section today.

[Duxdad]

There is a market here in Duxbury named "Foodies" and they carry that exact brand. They have another store in the south end of boston, maybe Washington St. that probably also carries that product.
www.foodies-urban-market.com

[AHan]

You can get it shipped from here:

http://www.jerseyporkroll.com/products.htm

or here:

http://www.porkrollxpress.com/

[pondrat]

These are considered porn sites for a Jersey/Philly boy

[nsenada]

Wasn't there a Ween song about this (actually there might have been more than one)?

[pondrat]

To be sung while leaving the Superette in Holliston (lame attempt to keep this a Boston food thread :))

Ween - PORK ROLL EGG AND CHEESE lyrics

When you've had your fun, and your work is done, you must not
Succumb
I can feel you breathe, it's like a mega-weedge inside,
Please don't hide
So mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
When the guava's drained, Eddie Dingle remains
But we must further ourselves on
So dynamic is life, staring into the sight's
Not right, but wrong in a good way
So mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
When you've had your fun, and your work is done, you must not succumb
I can feel you breathe, it's like a mega-weedge inside,
Please don't hide
So mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Mom, if you please, pass me the pork roll egg and cheese
If you please, on a kaiser bun
Kaiser bun
Pork roll egg and cheese
(Zzzz... eeezz..
(apluase and cheers)
-Thank you!
-

[nsenada]

Genius! I'm going to have to bust out "The Pod" and listen to it whilst eating my leftovers from Cafe Latino (the mention heavy-handedly establishing relevance to this thread in that it is in Boston, and almost everything there seems to contain pork).

[Alcachofa]

I'm not sure a pork roll actually contains pork! ;-)

[nsenada]

Hmm - brings to mind another song, "Head Cheese," by Psychotic Pineapple, containing the lyrics "It's got eyes and ears and nose and lips and everything I like except the tongue."

[mcupcake]

It's not in Boston, but the Superette in Holliston (southwest of Boston) carries Taylor pork roll in their deli -- the full rolls, not the pre-sliced/pre-packaged stuff. A nice discovery since we used to have to make a pit stop at a grocery store on our way out of New Jersey so we could stock up our freezer at home.

[pondrat]

Great tip and well within range for me ! Thanks.

Wonder if they slice dried beef as well.....another tough one to find that's not pre-packaged.

[Harp00n]

Whadya need the sliced dried beef for, SOS?

Go Steelers!

Harp

[BobB]

Could be that pondrat has a more high-class version in mind, like brescaiola.

[pondrat]

Your both right I call it BOS.... Brescaiola on a Shingle... Actually it's Mom's old fashioned creamed dried beef recipe just like you'd get at the breakfast joints at the Jersey shore. The packaged stuff has an incredibly high salt content. Fresh shaved is a totally different meat.

Harp, the dream would be an all-Pennsylvania Superbowl, (with a victory parade down Broad Street).

[Harp00n]

"The packaged stuff has an incredibly high salt content."

Tell me about it! Years ago my DW and I were discussing what our favorite comforts foods were as kids and discovered that we both liked chipped beef on toast, aka, SOS. Anyhow, all though DW liked SOS she'd never actually made it! Her DM & DF had always prepared it for her. That is until she decided to surprise me. She had no idea that you must rinse the contents of those little glass jars first. OMG!

Harp,

BTW, agree on your SB sentiments except for the final outcome :-)

[pondrat]

There's something about a "jar" of dried beef that just seems completely wrong.

Suppose it goes perfectly with a quart sized box of claret !

[Harp00n]

I guess, back then, it was a case of; In the land of the blind, the Hormel dried beef jars were King. Besides, they made for a nice alternative to the Welch's grape jelly jars as sippy cups.

Harp

[pondrat]

Grew up in South Jersey and have the craving especially for Eagles playoff parties.

I bought some of the Taylor 8 slice packs a couple months ago in the packaged meat section (with scrapple there as well !) at Roche Brothers in Wellesley. May want to call first because it's not always in stock. May have it in other stores in the chain as well.

I occasionally find Tastykakes at Stop & Shop if you want to make a complete meal of it.

[aholsber]

As another transplanted south Jersey person (exit 0 GSP), I had given up on things like Taylor Pork Roll, until I started shopping at the Hudson NH stop and shop. They sell it at the deli counter, in 1lb packages. However, they won't slice it, which makes little sense to me, as they slice pancetta, which is also a raw pork product on their slicers.

I hope that this helps those that are missing a NJ staple.

Alan

[pondrat]

Exit 0....I still vacation in Cape May....

Now all we need to do is get a supplier of REAL philly soft pretzels up here in Boston.

Go Eagles !

[BobB]

Is that anything like porchetta? I get that at my local Russian store, Berezka in Allston. It's fantastic.

[Karl S]

Not unless what you get at that store is nothing like a standard porchetta.

[pondrat]

Nothing close to porchetta....More like a large summer sausage...similar to the other Philly area classic cold cut , Lebanon Bologna

[steinpilz]

I think some smart Chowhound could make a bundle supplying NJ hard rolls and pork roll in NE and probably more generally throughout the US. I've actually tried to make hard rolls (toward this grand entrepreneurial goal), it's not at all easy!

[Karl S]

Do you mean what goes by the name of Taylor Ham in New Jersey?

[Infomaniac]

North Jersey calls it Taylor Ham, and South Jersey/Philly call it Pork Roll.
That's what I got out of a conversation not to long ago in Cherry Hil, NJ.

[hoolese]

yeah, I think Taylor is the brand name maybe?

[Alcachofa]

Um, in Trenton, where the pork roll originated, it is pork roll. Philly wishes it were theirs. Taylor is a brand, yes.

EDIT: UGH! Sucked into an old thread. Merde.

[AHan]

I have seen it at the deli counter at various supermarkets, but not at a restaurant.

[curiousbaker]

Any chance you can recall which supermarket where you saw it, AHan? My husband is from North Jersey and loves it but can only get it when he goes home to his parents.