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"   The public has always been fascinated with the personal lives of our presidents: sex, scandal, familial feuds, and, perhaps most personal of all, eating habits. In honor of Presidents&amp;#039; Day, we&amp;#039;ve compiled a list of some notable presidents&amp;#039; favorite foods. See if any of them match yours! Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809): The original &amp;quot;foodie&amp;quot; before that word was even invented, Jefferson loved the sophisticated cuisine he experienced while traveling around Europe. We have him to thank for introducing some of the most quintessentially American dishes, like French fries, waffles, and macaroni. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877): A man of simple tastes, Grant was nuts for rice pudding. He also thought dinner wasn&amp;#039;t dinner without some turkey on the table. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963): Although the Kennedys are known for elevating the White House dinner parties with elegant French fare, JFK enjoyed simple lunches, usually involving soup. True to his roots, JFK&amp;#039;s favorite was New England-style fish chow-dah. Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969): Johnson brought a casualness to presidential hosting by throwing down-home barbecues for foreign dignitaries, but what he really loved to serve guests were spicy venison sausages. They were frequently on the breakfast menu at his ranch, alongside a pile of scrambled eggs. Richard Nixon (1969-1974): Tricky Dick&amp;#039;s favorite foods? Highbrow beef Wellington and low-brow key lime pie. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989): Reagan&amp;#039;s jellybean obsession is pretty well-documented, but do you know how this former movie star developed this addiction? He started popping them to help quit smoking! His favorite flavor was licorice. Bill Clinton (1993-2001): Sure, we all remember the jogs to McDonald&amp;#039;s (and the hilariously brilliant Phil Hartman&amp;#039;s parody of them), but apparently, Clinton&amp;#039;s real love was down and dirty Tex-Mex food: Chicken enchiladas smothered in gooey cheese sauce was his favorite during his presidency. A few years, 30 fewer pounds, and a quadruple bypass later, Clinton is now an on-again, off-again vegan. Barack Obama (2009-Present): One word: burgers. Our current president has treated his staff to burger lunches, entertained foreign dignitaries at burger joints, and caused a bit of a media stir when he deigned to use Dijon mustard in lieu of ketchup. There&amp;#039;s even a Tumblr out there called obamaeatingburgers. I also dove into the extensive Good Housekeeping archives to ferret out some presidential recipes. Along with Hilary Clinton&amp;#039;s chocolate chip cookies, I found an interesting &amp;quot;recipe&amp;quot; from our July 1911 issue for &amp;quot;Dolly Madison&amp;#039;s Layer Cake,&amp;quot; a recipe that had been handed down from first lady to first lady for serving in the White House. The &amp;quot;recipe&amp;quot; contains such ingredient amounts as &amp;quot;butter the size of an egg&amp;quot; and helpful instructions like, &amp;quot;Follow the general directions for making...&amp;quot; \u2014 directions, I might add, that are NOT included. I guess there wasn&amp;#039;t a triple-test promise back then! Sherry Rujikarn is an assistant food editor in the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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