Chinese Restaurants in New York City (1939)

[Baker, John]

        The White House Easter egg roll "officially" dates to 1878.  See

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25219-2001Apr16.html

        I don't think there's any connection with Chinese egg rolls.

John Baker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: James A. Landau [SMTP:JJJRLandau at AOL.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 8:16 AM
> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Chinese Restaurants in New York City (1939)
>
> In a message dated 4/24/01 10:05:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Bapopik at AOL.COM
> writes:
>
> <<  "Egg roll" is in OED from 1938 >>
>
> When was the annual White House festivity known as the "Easter Egg Roll"
> started, and is there any connection between "Easter Egg Roll" and the
> name
> of  the Chinese dish?
>
>             - Jim Landau