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“Tastes like chicken” is a food meme that began as a way to describe exotic meats. Eventually, the saying became overused and a joke to describe how everything tastes.

“Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?” was posted on the newsgroup alt.games.final-fantasy.henta on May 2, 1999. “why don’t eggs taste like chicken?” was posted on Twitter by Chandler on February 14, 2009. “Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?” was one of the unanswered questions put to “Ask Marilyn” by Marilyn vos Savant of Parade magazine on January 2, 2011.

“To me it’s weird that eggs don’t taste like chicken…” was posted on Twitter by Katie on June 3, 2011. “I find it ironic that out of all the things that taste like chicken, Eggs are not one of them” was posted on Twitter on June 18, 2011. “So many things ‘taste like chicken’. Ironically, eggs are not one of them” was posted on Twitter on July 1, 2011. “Of all the things that ‘Tastes like chicken’, eggs are ironically not one of them” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on April 6, 2015.

“Of all things that ‘taste like chicken’, it’s weird that eggs are not one of them” was posted on Twitter by Jason Bryant on April 6, 2017. “Of all the things that ‘taste like chicken’, its weird that eggs are not one of them” was posted on Twitter by Omar Morales Reyes on April 5, 2018.

The saying about eggs and “tastes like chicken” has been printed on several images.

Google Groups: alt.games.final-fantasy.henta
Another Pointless Fact
The Hairless Donkey’s profile photo
The Hairless Donkey
May 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
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Interesting question, but I have a better one. Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?

Twitter
Chandler
@liberated_space
why don’t eggs taste like chicken?
12:47 PM · Feb 14, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Mike Large
@mikelarge562
I was wondering. Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?
7:43 PM · Apr 15, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Newspapers.com
1 January 2011, The World (Coos Bay, OR), “Ask Marilyn” by Marylin vos Savant, Parade magazine, pg. 22, col. 2:
Here’s a selection of recent unanswerable ones worth pondering anyway:
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“Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?”—St. Louis., Mo.

Twitter
Leon F. Seltzer
@drlee1
Question posed to Marilyn vos Savant in her PARADE column:
“Why don’t eggs taste like chicken?” (!!!)
8:39 PM · Jan 2, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Katie
@dillardkatie
To me it’s weird that eggs don’t taste like chicken…
1:30 PM · Jun 3, 2011·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Brother Rabbit
@Kadayo_Takamini
I find it ironic that out of all the things that taste like chicken,
Eggs are not one of them.
Like 10,000 spoons on your wedding day.
3:12 PM · Jun 18, 2011·twicca

Twitter
Daniel Poore
@danielpoore
So many things “taste like chicken”. Ironically, eggs are not one of them.
3:27 PM · Jul 1, 2011·Twitter for iPad

Twitter
Diane Eiseman
@Diane30084
Lots of things, “taste like chicken”. Oddly, eggs are not one of them.
#random #hmmm
3:40 PM · Feb 15, 2013·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Diana Odbalz
@loveyourlife311
Of all the things in nature that “taste just like chicken”, it’s fascinates me that chicken eggs r not one of those things.
2:46 PM · May 19, 2013·TweetCaster for Android

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/deuceott April 6, 2015
Of all the things that “Tastes like chicken”, eggs are ironically not one of them.

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/siggyx May 20, 2016
Of all the things that taste like chicken, surprisingly, eggs is not one of them.

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/r_il November 13, 2016
Of all the things that taste like chicken, surprisingly, eggs is not one of them.

Twitter
Jason Bryant
@thejasonbryant
Of all things that “taste like chicken”, it’s weird that eggs are not one of them.
9:15 AM · Apr 6, 2017 from Clarksville, TN·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/rubberduck951 July 29, 2017
Out of all the things that taste like chicken, eggs don’t taste like chicken.

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/The_Beer_Guy November 16, 2017
Out of all the things that “Taste like chicken”, eggs are ironically not one of them.

Twitter
Omar Morales Reyes
@Omar26m
Of all the things that “taste like chicken”, its weird that eggs are not one of them. #heyeverybody
7:59 AM · Apr 5, 2018·Facebook

Twitter
Jim Something✌
@VTDarkStar1
Of all things that taste like chicken, it’s weird that eggs aren’t one of them.
8:59 AM · Mar 3, 2021·Twitter for Android

Twitter
hsiri
@delvqn
QOTD: why don’t eggs taste like chicken?
8:40 PM · Aug 31, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Robert Waites
@RobertW55110035
OF ALL THE THINGS THAT TASTE LIKE CHICKEN
IT’S WEIRD THAT EGGS ARE NOT ONE OF THEM
11:22 PM · Sep 11, 2021·Twitter for Android

“Of all the things that ‘taste like chicken’, eggs are ironically not one of them”