pork roll
(US, uncountable) A processed pork product commonly consumed for breakfast in the Northeast.
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Born ~1906 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
New Jersey is the birthplace of the fulm industry. Movies began in Menlo Park, NJ, because that's where Edison's labs were. The studios eventually left for CA and took off from there, but movie-making began in New Jer…
pork roll egg and cheese hot dog
Lol, same!🤣 At my son's wedding in June, it will be catered in a buffet style of various stations (carving station, pasta station, etc), and one of the stations is a pork roll, egg & cheese station! Is that a NJ thin…
My favorite place to go Down The Shore is beautiful Springfield, MA. And I agree that the best pork roll comes from Brattleboro.
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(US, uncountable) A processed pork product commonly consumed for breakfast in the Northeast.
“Lol, same!🤣 At my son's wedding in June, it will be catered in a buffet style of various stations (carving station, pasta station, etc), and one of the stations is a pork roll, egg & cheese station! Is that a NJ thing OR WHAT?!?!😂”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My favorite place to go Down The Shore is beautiful Springfield, MA. And I agree that the best pork roll comes from Brattleboro.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, countable) A sandwich made from pork roll.
“New Jersey is the birthplace of the fulm industry. Movies began in Menlo Park, NJ, because that's where Edison's labs were. The studios eventually left for CA and took off from there, but movie-making began in New Jersey, just like pork roll and Springsteen.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“pork roll egg and cheese hot dog”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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