“Chicago style pizza implies the existence of MLA style pizza”
The Chicago Manual of Style and a Chicago-style pizza (or a Chicago-style hot dog) are two very different things, but there are jokes. "Chicago style - how I like my pizza...and my…
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“Chicharrones are just meat cotton candy”
Rousong (or "yuk sung") is known as "pork floss," "meat floss" or "meat cotton candy." Pork rinds, chicharrones and pulled pork have also been called…
“Chicken and dumplings are just a deconstructed chicken pot pie”
Chicken and dumplings is a dish that has been compared to chicken pot pie. "Husband wants 'deconstructed chicken pot pie'. How is this not chicken and dumplings?" was posted on…
“Chicken and dumplings is just deconstructed chicken pot pie”
Chicken and dumplings is a dish that has been compared to chicken pot pie. "Husband wants 'deconstructed chicken pot pie'. How is this not chicken and dumplings?" was posted on…
“Chicken broth is bird tea”
Chicken broth (and also chicken stock and chicken soup) has been compared to bird tea. "CHICKEN BROTH IS JUST BIRD TEA. IT'S JUST. BIRD. TEA" was posted on Twitter by potion of buny…
“Chicken for the strength, waffles for the speed” (Lucky J’s chicken & waffles)
Lucky J's "chicken and waffles" trailer opened in Austin, Texas, in the spring of 2009. The slogan: "Chicken for the Strength...Waffles for the Speed." Lucky J's…
“Chicken in the car and the car won’t go” (Chicago spelling rhyme)
"A chicken in the car and the car won't go, that's the way to spell Chicago" is a popular Chicago rhyme that has been cited in print since at least 1926. The children's…
“Chicken is only a breakfast food if it hasn’t been born yet”
Chicken is usually not a breakfast food, but eggs are. A statement about this was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on September 6, 2021: "Chicken is only a breakfast food if it hasn’t been…
“Chicken is the default meat”
Chicken is a very popular meat. Many meats are said to "taste like chicken." "Chicken as America's 'default meat'" was posted on Twitter by Molly Ditmore on…
“Chicken loses job. Chicken is broke. Chicken strips”
"Chicken loses job. Chicken is broke. Chicken strips" is a jocular view of "chicken strips" (changing the noun "strips" into the verb) that has been printed on many…
“Chicken noodle soup is alphabet soup but in cursive”
Some long noodles can look like cursive writing. "Chicken noodle soup is alphabet soup but it's in cursive" was posted on Facebook by Mattius Fincham on January 13, 2017.…
“Chicken nuggets are just chicken meatballs”
Chicken nuggets have been compared to meatballs. "nuggets are just like fried meatballs that were flattened, no?" was posted on Twitter by Jasmine Ang on July 27, 2011.…
“Chicken nuggets are meatballs”
Chicken nuggets have been compared to meatballs. "nuggets are just like fried meatballs that were flattened, no?" was posted on Twitter by Jasmine Ang on July 27, 2011.…
“Chicken parm, you taste so good”
The famous Nationwide insurance jingle -- "Nationwide is on your side" -- was written by Bronx-born songwriter Steve Karmen in 1969. American football quarterback Peyton Manning did a…
“Chicken pot pie—my three favorite things”
"Chicken pot pie -- my three favorite things" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images Chilean American stand-up comedian Pablo Francisco used the joke in his act by at…
“Chicken salad is just well aged egg salad”
Chicken and egg jokes are sometimes extended to egg salad and chicken salad. "The difference between egg salad and chicken salad is fertilization" was posted on Twitter on June 8, 2009.…
“Chicken soup is just bird tea”
Chicken broth (and also chicken stock and chicken soup) has been compared to bird tea. "CHICKEN BROTH IS JUST BIRD TEA. IT'S JUST. BIRD. TEA" was posted on Twitter by potion of buny…
“Chicken stock is just bird tea”
Chicken broth (and also chicken stock and chicken soup) has been compared to bird tea. "CHICKEN BROTH IS JUST BIRD TEA. IT'S JUST. BIRD. TEA" was posted on Twitter by potion of buny…
“Chicken today, feathers tomorrow”
"Chicken today and feathers tomorrow" (or "chicken today, feathers tomorrow") means that one can be successful one day (and eat chicken) and unsuccessful the next (and have…
“Chicken, airplane, soldier” (backstroke swimming)
"Chicken, airplane, soldier" is how many swim instructors explain the backstroke to young swimmers. Hands are under the armpits (like a chicken), then arms are spread directly out (like…