Etymology

Taylor ham

Today it means: pork roll Full definition →

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The story

From "Taylor's Prepared Ham", the original name of "Taylor Pork Roll" until John Taylor was forced to change it under the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 for not meeting the legal definition of ham.

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