Monday, February 16, 2026

A Presidential Diet

 They run the country and in effect run the world.They are the American presidents. Some may see them as gods but they[re just ordinary men who took on an extraordinary job. They eat the same as us They drink the same as us. They even have favorite foods and drink, just like their voters.

Maybe President Trump isn;t the most gluttonous of all leaders.There were several before him. H;es just like any modern American with a love for fast food I and who doesn't;t love McDonald's burgers and Filet O'Fish along with a chocolate shake. He also goes mad for steak with ketchup for lunch with a side of blue cheese dressing drenched salad. Then there are those dozens of diet Cokes - which let's face it we're addicted to them as well. Former President Joe Biden had a thing for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches washed down with orange Gatorade. Other presidents of the last century fell for that Twentieth Century diet staple cottage cheese. Ronald Reagen carried his Hollywood diet with him and had a scoop of the stuff in half a cantaloupe . Richard Nixon doused his with ketchup white  his follower Gerald Ford zinged his cottage cheese with sliced red onions and A-! Sauce. he also had those Seventies lunch drinks for choice  two martinis.

Barack Obama had more sophisticated tastes, enjoying Vietnamese noodles in Hanoi with food great Anthony Bourdaun. he was following int he footstep of Thomas Jefferson.Jefferson brought ice cream back from France to a new nation, curious about the word's diet He also introduced Americans to souffles to the famed baked mack and cheese. He also believed in a more vegetarian diet, considering meat  to be "just a condiment"" Washington's diet was more British and Virginia influenced. He loved the English classic mutton but was fast forward in his love of mashed sweet potatoes, now a trendy dish in restaurants everywhere. he loved how cakes a type of pancake swimming in butter and honey. Abe Lincoln , the other great president honored today was a fan of typical Nineteenth Century dishes such as chicken fricassee. This is a comforting ,creamy stew ,redolent  with herbs and  made with fresh cream. He also liked apple pie and oyster stew along with corncakes and gingersnap cookies. He loved  a food from his rough and tumble childhood - Kentucky corn dodgers, a kind of hush puppy fried in bacon grease.

Presidents are like us. They have their favorite foods and drinks. It's what keeps them running the country.