YOU SAID:
What came first the chicken or the egg.
INTO JAPANESE
最初に来たものは、鶏肉や卵。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The first thing that came was chicken or eggs.
INTO JAPANESE
最初に来たのは鶏肉か卵でした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The first thing that came was chicken or eggs.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.