![]() ![]() According to Odadjian, the song title is a wordplay: "Suey" is "suicide", "chopped" in half. The song was originally titled either "Suicide" (according to Odadjian) or "Self-Righteous Suicide" (according to Rubin), but the name was changed in response to real or anticipated pushback from Columbia Records. Although it was not revealed what book the line was taken from, it is originally from the Bible, appearing in Luke 23:46. Hence the line, 'I cry when angels deserve to die.'" The lyrics for the midsection ("Father into your hands I commend my spirit") were randomly picked out by Serj Tankian from Rick Rubin's book collection after Tankian was struggling for ideas. ![]() Like, if I were now to die from drug abuse, they might say I deserved it because I abused dangerous drugs. In an interview, Daron Malakian explained, "The song is about how we are regarded differently depending on how we pass. "Chop Suey!" is often considered the band's signature song. The single was released in Augand earned the band its first Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Metal Performance. Decant the raw soup into the pot, upend it into the large circular disk, put the cake ring (4 cm in diameter and 1 cm in width) on the mushrooms while the shredded ham and chicken in the yolk ring, boil and thicken the raw soup and pour some lard stearin (10g) over the hotchpotch, put the salted duck egg yolk on the top, and insert spinach stems under the egg yolk.Ĭhicken (100g), soaked sea cucumber (50g), cooked white chicken (50g), cooked ham (50g), oily fish belly (50g), soaked squid (50g), water beancurd sticks (50g), yolk cake (50g), 12 pigeon eggs, pure fish (100g), soaked magnolia pieces (100g), soaked water-borne mushrooms (30g), cooked white pork belly (100g), 10 grains of scallops.ġ large spinach stem, 1 cooked salted duck egg yolk.Ĭallion (25g), ginger slices (25g), salt (25g), Shaoxing wine (25g), chicken soup (250g), and lard stearin (60g)." Chop Suey!" is the first single from Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down's second album Toxicity. Take a large bowl, pick out water-borne mushrooms from the mixture and put them onto the bowl bottom, place the pigeon eggs around the mushrooms, then spread the other materials in terms of their color, neatly arrange them into the bowl, and finally dump all the crushed materials and steam for 5 minutes. Put all the slices, pigeon eggs, white chicken, pork belly slices, cooked ham (40g), scallop balls, and water-borne mushrooms into the pot, and then add the raw sauce of steamed scallops and seasoning until all the flavors mix well. ![]() Mince the fish and mix it with shredded scallops, and then steam the scallop balls for use. Cut cooked white chicken and cooked ham (10g) into shreds. Cut chicken, pork belly, and cooked ham (40g) into slices of 5cm long and 1cm wide. Mix chicken (100g), pork belly, scallops with scallion, ginger and Shaoxing wine and steam them until all the flavors mix well. Lee answered casually, “Chop suey”.Ĭut the sea cucumber, fish belly, squid, magnolia and beancurd sticks into slices of 5cm long and 1cm wide. Besides profuse praise, the Americans also asked Lee Hung-Chang about the name of this dish. In order to reconcile the tastes of Chinese and foreign guests, the chef made bold innovations to mix celery, bean sprouts with cured meat, which went popular among the Americans. During this period, he invited American guests for meals. In 1896, Lee Hung-Chang took the opportunity of attending the coronation ceremony of Russian Emperor Nicholas II to travel around Europe and the United States. There are two story versions circulating between China and the United States. Per Serving: 270 calories 17.5 g fat 12 g carbohydrates 16.4 g protein 39 mg cholesterol 803 mg sodium. It is said that some Chinese cooks came to the United States during the Great Gold Rush to provide food for miners and sell this dish to the drunken American miners.Ĭhop Suey(Li Hongzhang Chop Suey) is called 李鸿章杂碎(lǐ hóng zhāng zá suì) in chinese. Lee Hung-Chang Chop Suey rocketed to fame and became a runaway success in the United States. ![]()
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