Eggs Benedict Benedick" in 1894. In an interview recorded in the "Talk of the Town" column of "The New Yorker" in 1942, the year before his death, Lemuel Benedict, a retired Wall Street stock broker, said that he had wandered into the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 and, hoping to find a cure for his morning hangover, ordered "buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise". Oscar Tschirky, the "maître d'hôtel", was so impressed with the dish that he put it on the breakfast and luncheon menus but substituted ham for the bacon and a toasted English muffin for the
Edie and the Eggs backed with "Punks, Get off the Grass," both of which were performed in The Eggs' punk stylings. The "Big Girls Don't Cry" cover was featured on the compilation album "The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records" shortly after the single's release. The song was later featured on the John Waters compilation, "A Date with John Waters". Edie and the Eggs Edie and the Eggs were a punk/celebrity-exploitation band featuring Edith Massey, known for acting in several films by John Waters. The band's name referred to Massey's character in "Pink Flamingos", who had an obsession with eating eggs and romanced