mmm-yoso!!! is a blog about food. On this day, Kirk is hustling, Ed(from Yuma) is engrossed and Cathy is busy writing a short post.
Do you ever watch the TV show/series Survivor? The premise is that people are left on an island without much and need to keep themselves alive for about 39 days, participating in various skill contests and situations while being filmed. Sometimes part of the situation results with a "Tribe" awarded three chickens, to help them eat and survive.
After a day or two with a few eggs, somebody always seems to convince the others to kill a chicken (or three) and just eat them, rather than continuing on with daily eggs…
During the Great Depression, people kept their chickens alive as long as possible, using the eggs as a protein source and not killing or consuming the chickens until those birds were not producing any eggs and were therefore only useful as other meal sources (not only eating the chicken meat, but saving the bones to make soup).
People wanted to also enjoy some sort of meat during those desperate/egg times. Along came City Chicken, at the time, a much less expensive alternative to actual chicken. 
Years ago, when shopping at Seisel's, I saw signage.
This is the most current price, making City Chicken not the bargain it used to be, but it is still a craving we occasionally have.
Here's an old photo I found of a purchase.
City Chicken, basically mock chicken drumsticks, consists of cubes of pork and veal placed onto thick short wooden skewers,
which are then dipped in egg wash and cracker crumbs then quick fried in some butter melted in oil,
then placed on top of some onions and baked until done.
A simple food, now a memory trigger for me. I used to help Mom make it for dinner.
Happy Mothers Day.