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oh the power of the egg!!


Did you all know that:

Paul Simon took the title of his song "Mother and Child Reunion" from the name of a chicken-and-egg dish he spotted on a Chinese restaurant's menu.

Whatever Simon may have been thinking when he crafted the lyrics, his inspiration for the song's title was indeed an unusual one, as he explained in a 1972 Rolling Stone interview:

Know where the words came from on that? You would never have guessed. I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called "Mother and Child Reunion." It's chicken and eggs. And I said, "Oh, I love that title. I gotta use that one."
 

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Login to find out (December 3, 2005 at 3:59am)
happy family = vegetable fried rice?
 
Login to find out (December 2, 2005 at 12:06pm)
this discussion is making me hungry! i think i'll take my lunch break now...
 
Login to find out (December 2, 2005 at 12:04pm)
yeah, chicken corn soup is deeeeelicious! i like chili, too.
 
Login to find out (December 2, 2005 at 9:44am)
im not a fan of pasta, period. But i LOVE chicken corn soup!
 
Login to find out (December 2, 2005 at 12:14am)
i think i've tried pad thai just once, but i'm not a big fan of rice noodles that get tangled up, especially since i don't use chopsticks! i like chicken panaeng though!
 
Login to find out (December 1, 2005 at 9:09pm)
wow.. i love chicken and i love eggs.. vaat a blessing!
 
Login to find out (November 30, 2005 at 11:37am)
i'll stick to kung pao chicken, but thanks anyway.

haven't tried pad thai yet... of course i've eaten thai food plenty of times, but not that dish... any good? hehe i'm not a fan of eggs in my asian food either.
 
Login to find out (November 30, 2005 at 7:38am)
i wonder if he actually ordered that dish - it sounds kinda gross!