"We believe they were key to our historic finish in Iowa and New Hampshire, " says Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton, who is married to one of Ron Paul's granddaughters and cooked chicken on the grill at the Paul house on Mother's Day.

WSJ: Fed Critic Ron Paul Opens Door to Food Critics in Political Cookbook

They found a small muddied heap near Lillian's house, by the steps of the chicken coop.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Away'

The calls to the 999 emergency number included a man reporting that "someone robbed my marmalade", a woman saying her sister had brought a stray dog into her house and a man stating that he had seen "a chicken walking down the road".

BBC: Marmalade

And last summer President Obama, House Speaker Boehner, and their respective constituents played a very public game of chicken in regard to the U.S. borrowing limit.

FORBES: Why Leaders Play Chicken

Around our house, when not infected by the Birdseye plague, real food often meant chicken-fried steak with mashed potatoes and cream gravy, sugar peas, field peas, black-eyed peas, lima beans, green beans, all greens, ambrosia, okra, corn, tomato aspic, squash casseroles, pot roast, fried fish, chicken and dumplings, hot rolls, biscuits, cornbread, cakes, pies, fudge, divinity and Mama's homemade vegetable soup, which was world famous in our family.

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At my house, the pasta was always accompanied by a side of meat, such as baked chicken or veal scaloppine.

NPR: Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner