Eggs Benedict toast. Another, later claim to the creation of Eggs Benedict was circuitously made by Edward P. Montgomery on behalf of Commodore E. C. Benedict. In 1967 Montgomery wrote a letter to then "The New York Times" food columnist Craig Claiborne which included a recipe he said he had received through his uncle, a friend of the commodore. Commodore Benedict's recipe—by way of Montgomery—varies greatly from Ranhofer's version, particularly in the hollandaise sauce preparation—calling for the addition of a "hot, hard-cooked egg and ham mixture". Several variations of Eggs Benedict exist Eggs Benedict Eggs Benedict, also informally known as Eggs Benny,
Green Eggs and Ham was the result of a bet between Seuss and Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss's publisher, that Seuss (after completing "The Cat in the Hat" using 236 words) could not complete an entire book without exceeding that limit. The 50 words are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you. "Green Eggs and Ham" was published on August 12, 1960.