What was Ronald Reagan's favorite dinner?

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 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 did Ronald Reagan eat for breakfast?

President Reagan usually had breakfast everyday at 7:45AM. His most common breakfast was bran cereal with skim milk, fresh fruit and decaf coffee. Once a week, he'd have eggs – either scrambled, poached or soft-boiled. Whole wheat toast and homemade muffins were also common at the Reagan breakfast table.
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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 president ate Coke Jello?

Coca-Cola "salad" was a favorite of Bill Clinton

This soda-flavored gelatin dish was a celebrated recipe and a frequently enjoyed dessert in Clinton's White House kitchen.
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Every President's Favorite Food



What was Abraham 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?

Thomas Jefferson: Mac and cheese.
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What was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite meal?

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 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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What was Jimmy Carter's favorite food?

Cheese grits - Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter's name is synonymous with peanuts, but that wasn't his favorite food. President Carter was a breakfast guy whose preference for grits mixed with cheese and eggs (which he would often make himself) reflects his Georgia upbringing.
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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 was Harry Truman's favorite meal?

Harry S. Truman: His mama's fried chicken and custard pie; his wife's chocolate cake, as well as chicken and dumplings. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Grilled cheese sandwich, scrambled eggs, fish chowder, hot dogs, and fruitcake.
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What was George Washington's favorite food?

Family members and visitors alike testified that hoecakes were among George Washington's favorite foods. He invariably ate them at breakfast, covered with butter and honey, along with hot tea—a “temperate repast” enjoyed each morning.
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What food did Benjamin Franklin eat?

He prepared his own meals, and mentions eating boiled potatoes, rice, hasty pudding, bread, raisins, and water. Quickly finishing his simple meals gave Ben more time for reading. He later gave up vegetarianism; during the voyage from Boston to Philadelphia he ate fish.
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What was Alexander Hamilton's favorite meal?

Meanwhile, Kumin writes, a West Indian Pepper Pot Soup, as popular in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia as it was in the Caribbean, recalls Hamilton's island origins, and it turns out that Alexander and Eliza loved ice cream, introducing the dessert to George and Martha Washington when they hosted them for dinner in 1789.
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What was James Monroe's favorite food?

James Monroe kept true to his Virginia roots and enjoyed classic Southern dishes in the White House as much as he did when he was growing up. His wife's chicken fried with rice was most definitely his favorite.
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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 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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What was Abraham Lincoln's favorite breakfast?

According to John Hay, one of Lincoln's private secretaries in the White House, Lincoln “was one of the most abstemious of men; the pleasures of the table had few attractions for him.” Hay, who ate with Lincoln occasionally, noted that the president enjoyed a good hot cup of coffee, and would sometimes make breakfast ...
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Which president replace cigarettes with M&M's?

In 1988, at the behest of Nancy Reagan, smoking was banned on Air Force One and M&Ms replaced cigarettes as the traditional gift for guests using presidential facilities.
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Which president ate 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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Which president liked cottage cheese with ketchup?

The official Presidential library website says that "President Nixon's favorite breakfast usually consisted of cottage cheese (garnished with either ketchup and/or black pepper), fresh fruit, wheat germ, and coffee. President Nixon also enjoyed yogurt, which was flown in from California every day."
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Did MLK eat meat?

King, was a committed vegetarian. And it's no coincidence that other social justice luminaries, including Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Susan B. Anthony, also eschewed animal-derived foods.
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