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"  On this most presidential of days, we at Delish put our collective hand over our collective heart and salute this great country and the presidents who have stood at its helm...by looking back a history of their food follies. Let&amp;#039;s jump in!  Barack Obama Obama&amp;#039;s presidency has been momentous for foodies. From the White House vegetable garden to the overhaul of America&amp;#039;s food safety laws, his reign has been a smooth one - foodwise, at least. Except for one infamous dinner. When Obama held a dinner in honor of the visiting Indian Prime Minister his guest list unexpectedly grew by two. Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed the party and generated quite the stir. George W. Bush President Bush&amp;#039;s time in office certainly wasn&amp;#039;t lacking in folly and food didn&amp;#039;t escape his goofs. At the start of his term, Bush was kicking back. He was lounging in his bedroom watching a Baltimore-Miami NFL playoff game when he learned the real meaning of the phrase &amp;quot;snack attack.&amp;quot; A pretzel lodged in his throat causing him to choke and pass out. Obviously he survived. George H. Bush W&amp;#039;s father did not escape food related embarrassment. At a dinner in Japan in 1992 the former President committed a faux pas worse that putting your elbows on the table and using the wrong fork combined. He threw up into the lap of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and then passed out. The notorious incident created such a stir that it gave rise to a new Japanese slang term: bushusuru, which means &amp;quot;to do the Bush thing&amp;quot; or vomit.  More from Delish: Plate of the Union: The Picky Presidential Palate Ronald Reagan At a gala dinner in D.C. the former actor forgot his lines. While welcoming Princess Diana to the U.S. he mistakenly expressed his happiness that &amp;quot;Princess David&amp;quot; was visiting. He quickly corrected his mistake. Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR&amp;#039;s embarrassing food tale isn&amp;#039;t limited to one occasion. His entire time in office was a culinary shame thanks to the First Lady and her choice of chef. Though her husband often complained and begged for better meals, Eleanor refused and kept her faithful chef Henrietta Nesbitt in the kitchen. Mrs. Nesbitt was first hired when FDR was the Governor of New York as a baker. When Roosevelt was elected as president, Mrs. Roosevelt asked Henrietta to take the job of housekeeper of the White House. It was soon realized that while the desserts were palatable the main dinner was not. FDR&amp;#039;s time in office is widely regarded as the least delicious. There are theories that Eleanor kept Mrs. Nesbitt in employment as a passive aggressive attack against the President&amp;#039;s extra-marital activities. William Howard Taft It should come as no surprise that the portliest president makes an appearance on this list. In 1905 Taft attended a dinner given by the President of the Tea Guild in Japan. That night Taft was, according to a letter he wrote to his wife, &amp;quot;roused in the night with a diarrhea.&amp;quot; Food poisoning had struck the president and eleven other members of the dinner party. And it wasn&amp;#039;t the only time. In 1907 he ate some faulty fish at the Minneapolis Club in Minnesota during a cross-country speaking tour. He was violently ill from 4am to 7am the next morning. Being a man of integrity, the President carried on with his duties the next day and nearly collapsed. He was given whiskey to help him but, unsurprisingly, it didn&amp;#039;t help. Abraham Lincoln We finish with the man whose birth we celebrate today (along with some Washington guy). Lincoln&amp;#039;s inaugural dinner was comprised of a luxurious and lavish post-ball midnight buffet. The menu ranged from terrapin stew to foie gras to fruit ices and cakes. When supper was announced the crowd, ravenous from hours of dancing and celebrating, rushed the table. There was pushing, grabbing, stuffing. The melee resulted in ruined buffet as well as several nearby patent exhibits. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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