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
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  •   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
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    Camille Hoffmann
    Weekly Newsletter Contributor since 2014
    Email the author! camille@dvo.com


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