In the 1960s, tamagoyaki used to be one of the favorite foods of children and it was listed as one of three things children typically love in a popular phrase of that time: 'Giants (a Japanese baseball team), Taiho (a sumo wrestler), and tamagoyaki.'
なお、1960年代には、「読売ジャイアンツ・大鵬幸喜・卵焼き」と子供が好きな物の代表として挙げられることが多かった。