TRENTON -- Is it pork roll or Taylor Ham? The processed meat product is a staple of breakfast sandwiches in New Jersey, but the question of what to call it has long divided the state.

Now the state Legislature is taking up the issue as they decide on what the state's official sandwich should be: pork roll, egg and cheese or Taylor Ham, egg and cheese.

State Assemblyman Tim Eustace (D-Bergen) last month introduced two competing bills honoring either pork roll or Taylor Ham and launched an online survey to get residents' opinions.

John Taylor, a state senator and entrepreneur, is credited with selling the first pork roll in Trenton in 1856, while butcher George Washington Case created his own recipe in 1870. The crosstown rivalry between Taylor Provisions Co. and Case Pork Roll Co. has remained strong ever since.

Taylor had originally called his product "Taylor's Prepared Ham," but was forced to change the name after it failed to meet the new legal definition of "ham" set by the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, fueling the ongoing debate.

But whatever its name, residents can find the beloved meat in diners and delis across the state -- served on its own or in a sandwich.

The capital city's love affair with pork roll has inspired a pork roll eating contest and dueling festivals, which this year takes place on May 28: the Trenton Pork Roll Festival at Trenton Social and the 3rd Annual Pork Roll Festival in Mill Hill Park.

Lend a hand to the legislators and let us know what you think New Jersey's official sandwich should be called:

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