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When gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill recently dismissed New Jersey's beloved pork roll as "gross," she fired up the Garden State's griddle.

"Who eats pork roll? I think that's gross," Sherill jokingly said during an appearance on the "Zach Sang Show" podcast. "I've had this fight multiple times. Nobody wants pork roll."

The Virginia-born Democrat's offhand remark, made during a casual conversation that caught the attention of Republican rival Jack Ciattarelli and went viral on social media, reignited one of New Jersey's oldest cultural battles: the pork roll versus Taylor ham war.

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