The governor tried to settle one breakfast food debate, but only served to open up another. Watch video
TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie sought to put an end to the raging culinary debate over whether what to call the Garden State's beloved breakfast sandwich.
Appearing on his monthly radio show Wednesday, Christie weighed in definitively on state Assemblyman Tim Eustace's call to make the egg, cheese and ham the state's official breakfast sandwich.
While beloved at both ends of the state, South Jersey residents continue to use the term "pork roll," while northern residents refer to it as "Taylor ham."
True to his Newark and Livingston roots, the governor firmly sided with the latter.
"It's 'Taylor ham' egg and cheese," Christie decreed.
VOTE: Is it pork roll or Taylor Ham?
Seeking to ending the debate once and for all, he added: "I may do an executive order on this. ... We don't need the bill."
New Jerseyan John Taylor created the meat product in 1856, originally calling it "Taylor's Prepared Ham," but was actually forced to change the name after it failed to meet the new legal definition of "ham" established by the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
But just as Christie sought to end one debate, he seemed to create still another one.
"It's not just 'Taylor ham, egg and cheese," the governor insisted, "It's 'Taylor ham, egg and cheese on a hard roll."
At this moderator Eric Scott balked, saying, "Now, see, I would say it's on a round roll ..." but the governor brooked no discussion.
"I'm gonna say it's a hard roll," he said, "because that's where I'm from."
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