The Favorite Foods of All 46 Presidents
You can tell a lot about a person based on their favorite food… ok maybe not so much, but it’s still so intriguing and fun to learn! With President’s Day right around the corner, let’s go over the favorite food of each President- not just Washington and Lincoln, but all the presidents!
See which presidents you have similar tastes to!
1. George Washington: Hoecakes with honey, cherries
2. John Adams: Pickles, cider, and apple pan dowdy- which is similar to an apple crumble
3. Thomas Jefferson: Macaroni and cheese, sweet corn
4. James Madison: Ham, ice cream
5. James Monroe: Spoon bread (like a cornmeal bread pudding) and fried chicken with rice
6. John Quncy Adams: Fresh fruit
7. Andrew Jackson: Leather britches (a dish that is essentially green beans cooked with bacon!)
8. Martin Van Buren: Boar’s head, oysters
9. William Henry Harrison: Burgoo (squirrel stew!) and hard cider
10. John Tyler: Indian pudding, grateful pudding, Tyler’s pudding: basically a thicker bread pudding with raisins, currants, and ginger
11. James K. Polk: Corn pone, similar to cornbread
12. Zachary Taylor: Calas, which are very similar to beignets
13. Millard Fillmore: Hearty stews
14. Franklin Pierce: Fried apple pie and fried clams
15. James Buchanan: Cabbage, Moss Rose cake (an almond cake), turtle soup
16. Abraham Lincoln: Gingerbread, honey, bacon
17. Andrew Johnson: Hoppin’ John (rice with black-eyed peas, onion, and bacon) and sweet potato anything!
18. Ulysses S. Grant: Rice pudding
19. Rutherford B. Hayes: Cornmeal pancakes
20. James Garfield: Squirrel soup
21. Chester A. Arthur: Macaroni pie with oysters, mutton chops
22. (and 24) Grover Cleveland: Corned beef and cabbage, pickled herring
23. Benjamin Harrison: Fig pudding, corn
25. William McKinley: Hot lobster salad, meat and fish
26. Theodore Roosevelt: Fried chicken with gravy, steak, wild game
27. William H. Taft: Steak
28. Woodrow Wilson: Chicken salad and strawberry ice cream
29. Warren G. Harding: Chicken pot pie
30. Calvin Coolidge: Cornmeal muffins, apple pie with pork
31. Herber Hoover: Sweet potatoes with marshmallows, ham, corn soup, and egg timbales
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Grilled cheese sandwiches
33. Harry S. Truman: Well-done steak and fried chicken
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Beef stew, and the First Lady’s Million Dollar Fudge
35. John F. Kennedy: Clam chowder
36. Lyndon B. Johnson: Texas barbecue, Fresca
37. Richard Nixon: Cottage cheese with ketchup
38. Gerald Ford: Pot roast, crab soup, waffles with strawberries
39. Jimmy Carter: Grits, gumbo
40. Ronald Reagan: Jellybeans
41. George H.W. Bush: Pork rinds
42. Bill Clinton: McDonald’s Egg McMuffins and cheeseburgers, chicken enchiladas
43. George W. Bush: Huevos rancheros, cheeseburger pizza
44. Barack Obama: Nachos
45. Donald Trump: McDonald’s and peanuts
46. Joe Biden: Ice cream, pasta with red sauce
It’s so fun to see the variety of taste palates among our presidents! Which president’s taste buds do you relate with?
Sources:
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/every-president-s-favorite-foods/ss-AALv6VS?li=BBnbcA0#image=46
- https://www.wideopeneats.com/every-presidents-favorite-food/
- https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/the-best-of-the-worst-food-idioms-you-should-stop-using
- https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/photos/u-s--presidents--favorite-foods
- https://www.businessinsider.com/presidents-favorite-food-dishes-white-house-2019-5#donald-trump-fast-food-44
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McFlag.jpg
Camille Hoffmann
Weekly Newsletter Contributor since 2014
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