WFMU’s Beware of the Blog maps out the geographic distinction between Taylor Ham and Pork Roll. I’ve never had either, though I’ve had plenty of situations in which I’ve asked someone from Jersey about it and they’ve been all, “Taylor Ham? What, you mean pork roll?” Turns out those people are most likely from some part of Jersey south of the Amboys.

Have you had this meat thing? I’m looking for a good rec for a deli that can serve me a Taylor Ham, egg and cheese sandwich in the part of New Jersey I can drive to easily, meaning someplace not far from the New York border and not far from the Palisades or Garden State Parkway. Alternately, if you know someplace in Westchester or Rockland County that serves it, all the better.

I’m still not entirely convinced it’s not Jersey’s answer to Soylent Green.

Incidentally, the author of the blog post’s name is Liz Berg. That’s also my wife’s name — though it still sounds weird to me — but the author is not my wife. My wife does claim to have eaten Taylor Ham.