Chicken Laredo
"Chicken Laredo" may come from San Antonio. Ad served at the Alamo Cafe it's charbroiled chiken breast topped with Southwesteren cream sauce, Monterey Jack and American cheese,…
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Chicken Lettuce Under Bacon (“club” sandwich backronym)
The "club sandwich" is not an acronym, but it is sometimes given the backronym (back acronym) of "Chicken Lettuce Under Bacon." "Why Club Sandwich? (...) Chicken and…
Chicken Lettuce Wrap (Yook Soong)
"Lettuce wraps" often contain minced chicken or pork placed in an iceberg lettuce leaf, but can also be made vegetarian. The Chinese dish was originally called "yook soong" or…
Chicken Murphy
Steak Murphy is a New Jersey dish of unknown origins. "STEAKS, Scampi or Murphy, with Mushrooms, Hot Peppers & Wine" was an ad by Andrew's Club 35 in the Asbury Park (NJ) Evening…
Chicken Noodle News or Chicken Noodle Network (CNN nickname)
The Cable News Network (CNN) was founded by Ted Turner and first broadcast on June 1, 1980. Other television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) laughed about CNN's seeming amateurishness and low…
Chicken Noodle Soup
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Chicken soupChicken soup is a soup made by boiling chicken parts and/or bones in water, with various vegetables and flavorings. The classic chicken soup…
Chicken Peppers
Chicken peppers is a specialty of Bayer’s Kolonialwaren und Backeri, a German bakery in Muenster. The recipe is not listed on any website. Several local restaurants -- Shooters Sports Bar &…
Chicken Ranch (or, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
The La Grange, Texas "chicken ranch" was a house of prostitution since about the 1840s; it closed in 1973. The story was fictionalized into the 1978 Broadway musical and 1982 movie…
Chicken Tetrazzini
Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano who had an enormous popularity in America from the 1900s-1920s. Several dishes were named after her, including: . Turkey…
Chickenhawk (Chicken Hawk)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Chickenhawk (politics)Chickenhawk (also chicken hawk and chicken-hawk) is a political epithet used in the United States to criticize a politician, bureaucrat,…
Chickentarian
Entry in progress -- B.P. Urban Dictionarychickentariana person who is a vegetarian, but eats chicken. chicken is the only meat they eat. She is a chickentarian. by jojomama Dec 28, 2008 21 April…
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
"Chief cook and bottle washer" (sometimes "bottle-washer" or "battlewasher") is a jocular term for a person who does everything. It often describes a small operation,…
Chief Everything Officer (Chief Executive Officer or CEO nickname)
A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a small company often must do many tasks. The nickname "Chief Everything Officer" has been cited in print since at least 1998. A 2006 book was titled:…
Chiffalo (chicken + buffalo)
Papa John's (a take-out and delivery pizza chain) introduced "Chiffalo" (buffalo chicken pizza) in September 2013. The term had not then been trademarked. "Chiffalo" had…
Chiffon Pie
Entry in progress -- B.P. Epicurious.com" Food Dictionarychiffon[shih-FAHN]An airy, fluffy mixture, usually a filling for pie. The lightness is achieved with stiffly beaten egg whites and…
Chihuahua Sandwich
The Chihuahua Sandwich was popularized by R. A. "Skeet" Noret and his wife, Sarah, at the Sky-Vue Drive In at Lamesa, Texas. The sandwich -- no chihuahuas are included -- contains chili,…
Chilada (chili + enchilada/tostada, or -chilada)
The Texas fast food restaurant chains of Taco Bueno and Taco Casa both serve a "chilada." The name might be derived from "chili" and either "enchilada" or…
Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles is a Mexican dish of fried tortilla chips, cut in strips and topped with salsa or mole (or layered like a casserole). The dish (which is recorded from the 19th century) has become an…
Child Import Agency (Central Intelligence Agency or CIA nickname)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the successor to World War II’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The CIA has also been nicknamed “The Agency,” "Pickle Factory" (since at…
Children’s Menu; Oscar’s Sauce (from the Waldorf)
"Oscar of the Waldorf" got much publicity in the early 1920s for offering a "children's menu." The first establishment to offer a "children's menu" is…