What was Bill Clinton's favorite candy?

enjoyed homemade pork rinds, but for sweets he preferred Barbara Bush's chocolate chip cookies. Bill Clinton: Clinton was also a fan of chocolate chip cookies.
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What was President McKinley's favorite food?

William McKinley

President McKinley wasn't a picky eater, but he liked to keep things basic. Meat and fish topped his list of favorite foods during his White House years.
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What was George W Bush favorite food?

Bush - Cheeseburger pizza. Well, we know George W. Bush at least used to be a fan of pretzels—he famously fell off a couch in 2002 while choking on one—but his favorite foods actually both involve cheese.
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Which president's favorite food was jelly beans?

1. Ronald Reagan –– Jelly Beans. It's no secret that The Gipper loved sitting down to a big bowl of jelly beans. As a matter of fact, Reagan's campaign and subsequent presidency is generally considered to be the launching point of the Jelly Belly brand's popularity.
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Who was the drunkest President?

Ulysses S. Grant was one of the most habitual presidential dipsomaniacs. His lifelong reliance on alcohol to smooth his internal demons tarnished his distinguished career. With a low tolerance for the sauce, one or two drinks made him inebriated.
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"Fave Foods of the Clinton's" episode on Inside the Presidents' Cabinet



Which US President liked pork rinds?

George H. W. Bush's Favorite Snack

George H. W. Bush will be remembered as someone who sent sales of pork rinds soaring after letting it be known that the salty snack item was a favorite of his on the campaign trail.
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What is Abraham Lincoln's favorite food?

Long before he was President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was known to put on an apron and help his wife cook dinner after a hard day's work. He favored mostly simple food, like corned beef and cabbage, venison and apples.
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What was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite food?

Teddy Roosevelt was a determined guy, and when it came to dinnertime, he made sure that his favorite comfort foods were a priority. Pigs in blankets, turtle soup and fried chicken smothered in white gravy kept him running—that and plenty of coffee, sweetened with as many as seven lumps of sugar!
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What was Andrew Johnson's favorite food?

Andrew Johnson: Hoppin' John

Southerner Johnson's comfort-food favorite is made with black-eyed peas, rice, chopped onion, sliced bacon, and salt.
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What was Thomas Jefferson's favorite meal?

He spread his love of “maccaroni” in the US.

One might simply refer to it as “pasta” in modern terms, though. Jefferson liked the noodles so much he acquired what might have been the first-ever pasta maker on American soil.
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What did Teddy Roosevelt eat for breakfast?

The Roosevelts' diet was simple, though on occasion the president had a formidable appetite for game or chicken. For breakfast, he had hard-boiled eggs, rolls and coffee, or hominy porridge with salt, pepper and butter, or sugar.
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What was MLK's favorite food?

She did research and came up with an authentic recipe. It's very clear these were his favorite foods." Indeed, the AP was able to find evidence supporting this statement: Among King's favorite foods were fried chicken, collard greens, and black-eyed peas.
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What president liked hot dogs?

The most famous Presidential hot dog moment was when FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt invited King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to their Hyde Park home on June 11, 1939, for an informal picnic. The menu included American fare, like strawberry shortcake and hot dogs. The queen supposedly asked Roosevelt how one ate a hot dog.
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What was Harry Truman's favorite food?

Harry Truman - His Mom's Fried Chicken

Harry Truman never encountered a meal he enjoyed more than his mother's fried chicken, though he also developed an affinity for meatloaf later in life, as long as it did not contain onions.
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What was Lincoln's favorite sweet treat?

Fresh, hot gingerbread was one of Lincoln's favorite childhood treats. This supermoist molasses gingerbread is great any time of year. Like Washington, Lincoln loved corn cakes. He used to say that he could eat them as fast as two women could make them.
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Was Abe Lincoln a vegan?

Abraham Lincoln was rumored to be a vegetarian Former President of the United States. While Abe was in support of animal rights, there is no evidence that he was veg.
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What was John Adams favorite food?

John Adams preferred simpler food, the cuisine of a New England farmer. Even when working in Philadelphia to establish our nation, he preferred a humble boiled dinner and hard cider. His wife, Abigail remained on the farm for most of the time Adams was away, and she managed her children and the crops.
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What president hates broccoli?

During his tenure as the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush frequently mentioned his distaste for broccoli. When asked if he had lost the "broccoli vote" due to his views, he said: "I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid.
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What was Jimmy Carter's favorite food?

Jimmy Carter

The menus feature popular Southern dishes including shrimp gumbo, crab gumbo, and trifle cake. The Carters were also famously fond of grits, cornbread, and red beans and rice.
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What does the president like to eat?

No Breakfast

Like a fair few of us, Trump just isn't a breakfast person. In an interview with Fox News, he revealed that breakfast is his least favorite meal of the day. When he does have breakfast, he likes to eat bacon and egg or cornflakes.
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Who was the poorest president?

Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth considerably less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949.
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What president was an alcoholic?

Franklin Pierce might have been America's MOST alcoholic president. He drank hard for his entire adult life and kept going right on through his presidency.
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What was MLK's favorite dessert?

It turns out Dr. Martin Luther King's favorite food was Pecan Pie. (Obviously, he had excellent taste). We couldn't think of a better way to commemorate his legacy than offering up these sweet Mini Pecan Pie Pops featured in Food(ography).
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