Tuesday, February 21, 2012

And the celebration continues!

After an exhaustive late-night Google search because I can’t sleep, the Howdygram is pleased to continue honoring Presidents’ Day with a comprehensive list of the favorite foods enjoyed by all 44 of our fearless leaders.

1. GEORGE WASHINGTON: fish and ice cream. We’re not sure if that meant together or in succession, but George was a hemp farmer so anything’s possible.

2. JOHN ADAMS: Indian pudding. Minus the feathers and arrows.

3. THOMAS JEFFERSON: Ice cream.

4. JAMES MADISON: Ice cream. Apparently this is all the White House had in stock between 1789 and 1817.

5. JAMES MONROE: Fried chicken.

6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: Fresh fruit. Nerd.

7. ANDREW JACKSON: French food.

8. MARTIN VAN BUREN: All I could find was “oysters and donuts.” I wonder if Imodium had been invented yet.

9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: Burgoo stew.

10. JOHN TYLER: Pudding.

11. JAMES K. POLK: Corn pone. Try to type that without wetting your pants.

12. ZACHARY TAYLOR: Creole food.

13. MILLARD FILLMORE: Soup. Yawn.

14. FRANKLIN PIERCE: Fried clams.

15. JAMES BUCHANAN: Fresh butter. Paula Deen’s primary food group.

16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, man of the people: chicken fricassee and herbed biscuits.


17. ANDREW JOHNSON: Popcorn. Probably the giant bucket with extra butter and a side order of Sno Caps.

18. I have no idea what ULYSSES S. GRANT ate, but he was a huge dude so we’re guessing he did double bacon cheeseburgers providing you could find them in 1869.

19. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: cornmeal battercakes. Sounds like a 19th century version of unicorn poop pancakes.


20. JAMES GARFIELD loved squirrel soup, thereby earning the Howdygram Prize for Most Disgusting Palate. I refused to Google a photo of this so let’s pretend he liked lasagna.


21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR: Mutton chops and beer. Very studly.

22. GROVER CLEVELAND: Corned beef and cabbage.

23. BENJAMIN HARRISON: Blue-point oysters.

24. GROVER CLEVELAND: See #22.

25. WILLIAM McKINLEY: Eggs. Wow. A gourmet.

26. Apparently TEDDY ROOSEVELT put down his big stick long enough to do fried chicken and gravy.


27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT weighed almost 350 pounds and got stuck in his bathtub on Inauguration Day, March 1909. He loved deviled almonds. Probably by the ton.

28. WOODROW WILSON: Ham and fruit cobbler. Somebody show me a recipe for this one.

29. WARREN G. HARDING: Chicken pot pie.

30. CALVIN COOLIDGE: Pickles. Seriously.

31. HERBERT HOOVER: Corn soup. With or without cobs?

32. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT loved greasy crap just like cousin Teddy: grilled cheese.

33. HARRY S. TRUMAN: Fried chicken.

34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: TV dinners. Such as those tacky 1950s foil trays with fried fetal chicken parts and deflated little peas.

35. JOHN F. KENNEDY: Clam chowder.

36. LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON was a fan of sweet potato casserole with marshmallows. Me, too.

37. RICHARD NIXON: Meatloaf.

38. GERALD FORD: Waffles with strawberries. I wonder if he knew my mother-in-law.

39. JIMMY CARTER: Red beans and rice.

40. RONALD REAGAN: Macaroni and cheese.

41. GEORGE H.W. BUSH: I have no idea what he loves, but it’s common knowledge that he hates broccoli.

42. BILL CLINTON. McDonald’s cheeseburgers. Followed by a quadruple bypass.


43. GEORGE W. BUSH, the eternal frat boy: pretzels.


44. BARACK OBAMA: Hawaiian pizza. You know, with ham and pineapple. I never realized people actually ate this.

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