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 Ronald Reagans favorite meal?

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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What was Woodrow Wilson's favorite food?

Woodrow Wilson: Chicken salad

Wilson was a simple eater, and the only stand-out favorite a former housekeeper could recall beyond classic breakfast foods was chicken salad.
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What was Martin Van Buren's favorite food?

Martin Van Buren - Apples

Martin Van Buren loved apples, particularly combined with some other delicacy. He liked apple-themed dessert items best of all, including apple doughnuts and Dutch apple cake.
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What was Bill Clinton's favorite snack?

His favorite color is blue, and his favorite foods are chicken enchiladas, bananas, apples, and vegetable beef soup. The White House has its very own movie theater, and President Clinton and his family love to watch movies.
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Every President's Favorite Food



What was Abe Lincoln's favorite meal?

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 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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Which president ate jelly beans?

President Reagan and his jar of Jelly Bellies.

When Ronald Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, he began eating "Goelitz Mini Jelly Beans" as part of his successful attempt to give up pipe smoking.
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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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What were JFK's favorite foods?

Dinner. Though we cannot verify particular favorites, President Kennedy did like lamb chops, steak, baked chicken, turkey (white meat) and mashed potatoes. He also was fond of seafood and baked beans. According to chefs who worked in the White House, President Kennedy liked corn muffins too---as did Calvin Coolidge.
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Who was president for 1 day?

President for One Day may refer to: David Rice Atchison, a 19th-century U.S. Senator best known for the claim that he served as Acting President of the United States on March 4, 1849.
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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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Do jelly beans have bug poop on them?

Jellybeans are a tasty treat and come in many flavours, but did you realize their shiny coating is made from bug excrement? Shellac, also known as confectioner's glaze, is made from a resin excreted by the female lac beetle, indigenous to India and Thailand.
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Who was president for only 32 days?

William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.
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What is George 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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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 Jimmy Carter's favorite food?

Jimmy Carter

The Carters were also famously fond of grits, cornbread, and red beans and rice.
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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 kind of food did Abraham Lincoln eat?

When Lincoln did eat, he apparently enjoyed simple food such as corned beef and cabbage, cornpone and chicken fricassee—these were the kinds of dishes Mary Todd Lincoln would have prepared for her family back in Springfield.
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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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Which presidents favorite food was mac and cheese?

3. Thomas Jefferson. President Jefferson was enamored by macaroni and cheese, which he discovered on a trip to France. Jefferson is actually credited with increasing macaroni's popularity in the United States after he served it at a State dinner in 1802.
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Who was the fattest president?

Taft was the most obese president. He was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and his weight was between 325 pounds (147 kg) and 350 pounds (160 kg) toward the end of his presidency. He had difficulty getting out of the White House bathtub, so he had a 7-foot (2.1 m) long, 41-inch (1.0 m) wide tub installed.
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Which president drowned in bathtub?

President William Howard Taft was rumored to have gotten stuck in a bath tub while in office, but he did not die in a bath tub.
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