Leave it to the folks at The Daily Meal, the "all-things-food-and-drink" website to dig deep and unearth what we in North Jersey could have told 'em if they had only asked. The digital publication, which just recently disclosed to just about no one's surprise in NJ that the "Best Hot Dog" in the Garden State is the ripper at Rutt's Hut, set out to find out what is the Best Breakfast in Every State.

And it just published its results.

So?

According to The Daily Meal, the best breakfast food in New Jersey is – drum roll please – Pork Roll. Yes, we know; if they had asked North Jerseyans, we would have told 'em to use the proper name for that beloved pork-based processed meat: Taylor Ham. We faithful Northerners have never stopped crediting John Taylor, its creator.

Taylor originally called his product "Taylor's Prepared Ham," but he had to change it since it did not meet the legal definition of "ham." So he marketed it as "Taylor Pork Roll" and "Trenton Pork Roll." But we North Jerseyans have never ceased calling it by its original name – or enjoying eating it fried on a bagel with a fried egg, a slice or two of American cheese, and some lettuce and tomato. The Daily Meal says that this scrumptious morning sandwich is sometimes called the "Jersey Breakfast," but we know better: we just call it delicious.

Last year, the publication also named it Jersey's most iconic food.

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