Our long time favorite is their grilled chicken sandwich. Grilled chicken breast, melted muenster cheese, crisp bacon slices, lettuce, tomato slices, served on a hard roll with a side of mayo. I like to add some sliced avocado, too - perfect! This is one tasty sandwich! Two must have ingredients are: really good hard rolls, which we are so lucky to have available in our area, and fresh summer tomatoes. These particular hard rolls are from Colonial Bakery in Lavalette, NJ - so good! A good quality bacon is essential also. So simple, yet so delicious!
Did you know that a staple NJ breakfast is a hard roll with butter? I don't partake too often because of the fat and calories but a good hard roll with butter is awesome. It's apparently a New Jersey thing unheard of in other parts of the country. I love NJ.
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I can see why this sandwich would be a favorite -- it looks incredible! Especially with your addition of avocado!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great sandwich. Unfortunately we can't get hard rolls or a good tomato here in Phoenix. Not like those from NJ anyway.
ReplyDeleteHate to tell you this Jen, but the hard roll with butter is actually a New York thing. It was my breakfast on the run when I first started working in the city...a million years ago. My Dads bakery sold so many hard rolls on the weekends that they had baskets full of them lined up in the back. Now Taylor ham, or pork roll....that is New Jersey. Good luck getting the girls back to school...it isn't easy! Bring tissues.
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I love NJ too!! The sandwich looks delicious- love the added avocado!
ReplyDeleteI think this is my new favorite chicken sandwich too. YUM!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great looking sandwich! I'm a huge fan of avocado on my sandwiches. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI have been in NJ longer than I have been in Texas...these people can be crazy!! But I have grown to love them! You know breakfast in Paris is a hard piece of bread with butter.....I guess new jerseyians can't be that bad!
ReplyDeleteConsidering most of Europe offers crusty bread with butter in their Bed and Breakfasts - I would say NJ is right on target. And your chicken sandwich? I think it's my favorite sandwich, too!
ReplyDeleteThis looks to me like a favorite sandwich too!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to your college-bound girls!
The sandwich looks wonderful. I've never been able to put the hard roll and butter for breakfast aside. I use less butter these days, but I still enjoy my rolls when we have a Western style breakfast. I hope the girl's transition to college life goes well. Have a great day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeletethere is something very comforting to that old standby, no matter how you slice it!
ReplyDeleteThe buttered hard roll originated in Europe, especially among Austrians and Germans. Since so many immigrants came from those countries to America via Ellis Island (which is in Jersey City waters) they naturally introduced this delicacy to New York AND New Jersey simultaneously.
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ReplyDeleteFound your site through a search for "a hard roll with butter" which I rant about to the people here in florida. Growing up in NJ, it was my "walk to school breakfast" every day for years with a hot tea with milk. *sigh* How I MISS that! :) Thanks for the memory trip.....