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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 23, 2010, 10:02:40 am ---Really enjoyed "The First Kitchen" about Eleanor Roosevelt's attempts to set an example in commissioning local American food for the White House table. It didn't work. A popular dish at the time, Turkey Supreme, featured diced turkey mixed with nuts, whipped cream, crushed pineapple, and mayonnaise, spread on a tray and frozen.
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I did, too! Poor FDR: Liver and green beans four days in a row! :laugh:
That Turkey Supreme sounds awful. Whipped cream and mayonnaise? :P
This article sheds new light on a scene from one of my favorite movies, Yankee Doodle Dandy. In one scene, Jimmy Cagney, playing George M. Cohan, appears in a Broadway show by Kauffman and Hart, I'd Rather Be Right, where he portrays FDR. Cagney sings a song about FDR speaking to reporters "off the record." The song includes lines about the bad food in the White House, something about "sauer kraut and veal," and the stanza concludes with the plea, "If Mrs. R. would stay at home I'd get a decent meal!" Goes to show how well known it was that the White House food was bad if it made it into the lyrics of a Broadway show.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 23, 2010, 11:27:44 am ---That Turkey Supreme sounds awful. Whipped cream and mayonnaise? :P
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And turkey and pineapple? :P
Front-Ranger:
yes, friend. Now I'm starting the article about root vegetables and it looks to be very good, too.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 23, 2010, 02:55:17 pm ---yes, friend. Now I'm starting the article about root vegetables and it looks to be very good, too.
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I'm looking forward to reading that one, too! I love root vegetables! :D
MaineWriter:
In the November 29th issue of The New Yorker, Mr. Peanut comes out.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/11/29/101129sh_shouts_rudnick
Enjoy....
L
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