Who’s hungry? I’m Mr. Beat,
and I actually am kind of hungry right now. Hey, does anyone have some food?
Reegan: Here you go! (throws banana)
Thanks! I love bananas! I’m sorry to go bananas there for a banana,
and I’m sorry I just said. (starts eating bananas)
So anyway, American Presidents get hungry, too. In this video, we’re going to look at
the favorite food of every President in American history. We’ll go chronological again because
I know some of you want to skip ahead to Teddy Roosevelt because of course you do.
That’s right. This will be the most important video I’ve ever made.
George Washington The first President and still my favorite
President loved roasted meats and apparently only foods that began with the letter “H.”
Hazelnuts, hot chocolate, honey, and hoecakes. Reegan: Daddy you said a bad word.
No hoecakes are like pancakes. Fried cornbread basically!
Now, Washington apparently also really loved cherries. Overall,
though, he preferred simple meals over big fancy ones.
John Adams Adams also preferred simple meals over fancy ones.
Being from New England, Adams preferred New England foods, of course. In particular,
codfish cakes and apple pan dowdy. Yeah, I had to Google them, too, and they both look amazing.
Thomas Jefferson Mac and Cheese. No joke. Jefferson apparently
found out about macaroni when he traveled around Europe and, because he used to have it served
to dinner guests when he was President, helped popularize it in the United States.
I gotta say, I eat me some Mac and Cheese literally every week.
Jefferson also loved fried potatoes, turnip greens and Virginia ham, of course.
James Madison Well we don’t
really know his favorite food actually. He was a pretty private dude. However,
his much less private wife, Dolley Madison, did popularize ice cream when she was First Lady,
so sure let’s go with ice cream as James Madison’s favorite food!
Oh, and specifically OYSTER ice cream, apparently. I didn’t even know THAT was a thing.
James Monroe Monroe was known for
having elegant dinners, but dessert was his favorite! His favorite food apparently was
spoon bread, which is similar to bread pudding. Oh you don’t know what bread pudding is either?
Well, imagine everything that tastes good but is bad for you and mix it with bread in a pan.
That’s bread pudding.
John Quincy Adams Apparently Adams didn’t show much
interest in food. Meh, he had more important things to worry about than eating. That said,
Adams loved fresh fruit so much that he planted a bunch of fruit trees in the White House yard.
Andrew Jackson Well ya know, since Jackson was
so opposite of Adams, he loved food, of course. He served lots of it at parties. Famously, one
time he served a 1,400 pound wheel of cheese at a White House shindig. Jackson loved to eat leather
britches. No, not literal leather britches. I guess that’s a name of a dish containing green
beans cooked with bacon. For dessert, he loved blancmange, a concoction of cornstarch and milk.
Martin Van Buren Apples!
Van Buren loved him some good apples, but not bad ones. And anything with apples in
it. Apple doughnuts and apple cake, in particular. He also loved oysters,
and pretty much any kind of meat in existence. Uh, I don’t think he was a cannibal, though.
William Henry Harrison Well obviously Harrison loved
squirrel stew. Don’t be all weird. People used to eat squirrels all the time.
And they still do in certain parts of the world. Like Alabama. And apparently Harrison’s mom never
had to force him to eat his vegetables growing up since he actually quite enjoyed fresh vegetables.
John Tyler Puddin.’ Tyler
loved him some pudding, pretty much every kind. And sugar pie. In fact, he served
sugar pie so much to guests that the treat eventually became known as “Tyler’s Pudding Pie.”
James Polk Not to sound all corny,
but James Polk loved cornbread. And if Cracker Barrel existed when he was alive,
he would love pretty much everything on it's menu. For dessert, he loved
vinegar pie, which sounds nasty to me but I’m sure it tastes just fine.
Zachary Taylor Taylor loved both Southern
and Creole food. Specifically, he was a big fan of rice calas,
which I’ve never had but look amazing. Like John Quincy Adams, he was also a big fruit guy.
In particular, cherries, which he apparently ate lots of right before he died in office.
Millard Fillmore The more boring of a food it was,
the more Fillmore was attracted to it. His favorite two foods were apparently
soup and stew. As it so happens, those are two of my least favorite foods. I
should add that historians credit Fillmore for modernizing the White House kitchen.
Franklin Pierce Pierce loved food,
but he didn’t host many dinner parties so we have to speculate about what his favorite foods were.
Likely, they were New England classics like clam chowder, fried clams, and apple pie.
James Buchanan Buchanan DID have many
dinner parties with extravagant meals. That said, his two favorite foods I sure as heck
didn’t see coming. Butter, especially from Philadelphia, and…wait for it…cabbage. Ugh.
Abraham Lincoln I smell bacon. While he didn’t eat much, the great
Abraham Lincoln definitely developed an appetite for bacon. But also chicken fricassee, which is
basically chicken simmered in some sauce. He also dug cornbread and gingerbread cookies for dessert.
Andrew Johnson He also loved Southern food, often what
we call today “comfort food,” so yes he would also love Cracker Barrel. Specifically, he loved a dish
called Hoppin’ John, which is a rice and pea-based concoction. All these foods I’ve never heard of.
Ulysses Grant
Grant was a simple man who had simple tastes. His number one food? Rice
pudding. He actually had his own special recipe for a lemon-flavored variety of it.
Rutherford Hayes
Speaking of special recipes, Hayes loved to eat, more than anything, his wife Lucy’s
cornmeal pancakes. Hayes was a disciplined eater, though, who never ate or drank too much.
James Garfield Garfield had a
difficult time being able to eat ANYTHING, but when he did eat, he usually ate squirrel soup.
That’s right, the favorite food of not just one, but TWO American Presidents, was squirrel.
Chester Arthur No joke, Arthur’s favorite
food matched his facial hair. Mutton chops! He had a single chop for dinner most nights.
Grover Cleveland Oh Cleveland was
all about extravagant meals, and he’d eat most of what was in front of him. However,
his favorite foods were corned beef and cabbage, and pickled herring apparently?
Well that’s kind of gross. But we have our first seafood President though so that’s exciting.
Benjamin Harrison Harrison was another
corny President. Although we don't know many details about his eating habits,
he loved corn and anything associated with it really. His family often did enjoy huge
feasts while they lived in the White House. At one feast, they served…uh…turtle. Yeah.
William McKinley If it was an animal,
McKinley probably liked to eat it. Again,
there is no evidence that he was a cannibal. In addition to meat, he was a big breakfast guy.
And so am I. In fact, I eat breakfast for dinner, which I call brinner. You got a problem with that?
Anyway, McKinley even became known for serving big breakfasts at the White House,
and a special kind of egg casserole that became known as the “Mckinley Omelet.”
Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt also loved meat, but especially
steak and fried chicken. He supposedly was known to be able to take down more than a whole chicken
in a single sitting. The Colonel would be proud. And I came across his 42nd birthday dinner.
First Course: Bluepoint Oysters Second Course: Green Turtle Soup,
Clear Celery Olives Sweet Sherry Third Course: Timbale of Peanut Ham
Fourth Course: Crab Flake la Newberg Fifth Course: Fillet of Beef,
Dickinson Green Peas Fresh Mushrooms sous (soo) Cloche (kloash) (under glass)
Sixth Course: Quail & Bread Sauce Salad Roman Punch
Dessert Cakes Confectionary Biscuit Tortoni Coffee Appropriate Wines with each Course
I’ve decided that I would like the exact same preparations made for my 42nd birthday dinner.
William Taft Steak and potatoes,
baby. Those are staples. Taft would apparently eat a 12-ounce steak with breakfast,
lunch, and dinner each day, and sometimes he’d have two with dinner. Right on.
Woodrow Wilson
Like Ulysses Grant, Wilson had simple tastes and he mostly ate the same type of stuff.
Due to ongoing health issues during his Presidency, he ate two raw eggs and drank
a glass of grape juice for breakfast every morning. He also liked to eat chicken salad.
Warren Harding Another probable Cracker Barrel boy,
Harding loved what we often call “comfort food.” In particular, he dug chicken pot pie and
knockwurst and sauerkraut. Come to think of it, he was more of a pub-style finger food type of fella.
Calvin Coolidge Coolidge was a unique dude, and
probably had more unique ideas about food than any other President. First of all, he called all meals
“supper.” Second, he would eat at weird times of the day, often sneaking bites of whatever he could
grab at meetings, especially pickles. Third, he mixed random food together that…uh…should not be
mixed together. Fourth, he was one of the earliest American adopters of eating Chinese food. I could
go on, but that’s a little sample there of his quirks. In addition to pickles, his favorite
foods were his wife Grace’s Chicken Chop Suey, chicken chow mein and apple pie made with pork.
Herbert Hoover Hoover loved a Thanksgiving favorite,
sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows. He even had his own special recipe. He often served
elegant meals at the White House, at least before the economy went to crap during his Presidency.
Franklin Roosevelt FDR loved the same
food as most American kids, apparently. Yep, he loved grilled cheese sandwiches,
hot dogs, and scrambled eggs more than anything, but he also regularly ate fish chowder.
Harry Truman More than anything,
Truman loved his mom’s fried chicken, and I have to agree, my mom is the best cook
ever. Truman also loved well-done steak and Meatloaf, no not THAT Meatloaf rest in peace.
Yes, Truman liked THAT meatloaf, AS LONG AS IT DIDN’T HAVE ONIONS DAD GOMIT!
Dwight Eisenhower Not only was Eisenhower a food connoisseur,
he was also a pretty darn good cook. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, may have been the first
in the White House to regularly eat their meals on TV trays while checking out the tube. Speaking of
Mamie, Dwight’s favorite dessert was her Million Dollar Fudge. He also enjoyed corn pudding.
John Kennedy Like any REAL
New Englander, JFK loved clam chowder.
I mean “chowdah.” Kennedy always loved seafood for dinner, but similar to Abraham Lincoln,
apparently never ate that much. There I go again with all those Lincoln and Kennedy Coincidences!
Lyndon Johnson LBJ loved some of that extra-spicy
deer sausage, heck yeah. But really, if it was anything spicy, he probably liked it.
He also loved barbecue, chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, corn bread,
grits, and pretty much all Mexican food. Dang I’m getting hungry now.
Richard Nixon Nixon famously had a weird
habit of eating cottage cheese and ketchup for breakfast. And of course, there was also Nixon’s
secret Meatloaf. THE Meatloaf. No, not that Meatloaf. (rest in peace) Yes, that meatloaf.
Gerald Ford
Ford’s favorite dinner was pot roast with red cabbage,
followed by his favorite dessert of butter pecan ice cream. He also enjoyed English Muffins.
Jimmy Carter Like LBJ before him,
Carter loves grits and has eaten them nearly every day of his entire 97 years on this earth.
Carter even had a dog named Grits, born on the same day he was elected President.
Ronald Reagan Reagan famously loved
jelly beans. Specifically, Jelly Bellies, which he always had a jar of on his desk. In fact,
three and a half tons of red, white, and blue Jelly Bellies were shipped to Washington, D.C.
for his 1981 inauguration festivities. At one point during his Presidency,
more than 300,000 jelly beans were bought each month to be placed all over the White House,
Capitol building, and other federal buildings. And that’s it. He only
liked jelly beans. Ok he liked other food, too, but jelly beans got all the attention.
George H.W. Bush We know that Bush
Sr. loved pork rinds and, similar to Reagan increasing the popularity of Jellie Bellies,
Bush helped increase the popularity of pork rinds. Apparently Bush was MORE vocal, however,
about his LEAST favorite food. Uh yeah, it’s quite well known that Bush HATED broccoli, once
saying “I am the President of the United States and I am not going to eat any more broccoli!”
Bill Clinton Clinton famously loves cheeseburgers,
or at least he used to. Specifically, he has been a fan of McDonald’s cheeseburgers and
even went there when he was President. He also loves their Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich.
George W. Bush Cheeseburgers? How
about cheeseburger pizza? That’d be a favorite of George Bush Jr. Yep, while in the White House his
favorite request for dinner was a simple margherita pizza topped with beef, bacon,
tomatoes, cheese, pickles, ketchup, and mustard. Bush also loves Tex-Mex food, as he should.
Barack Obama While Bush Sr. hated broccoli, apparently Obama
LOVES broccoli. But he also loves cheeseburgers, too. That said, he prefers the more sophisticated,
higher quality burgers over McDonald’s burgers. And nachos. Obama loves nachos, too.
Donald Trump Well let’s keep this
burger trend going. Trump not only loves burgers, but fast food in general. He digs the Big Mac
and Filet-O-Fish at McDonald’s, in particular. But no fries. No fries. Here is one of my
favorite pictures of him, by the way. Oh, and here he is with a wonderful bucket of chicken.
Joe Biden Finally, it’s well-known
that our current President loves his ice cream .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHHLXKVORJI.
But apparently he likes fast food just as much as his predecessor.
So that’s it. That was every President’s favorite food. And perfect timing because I just finished
my banana. Hey, can I get another banana? CAN ANYONE PLEASE GET ME ANOTHER BANANA? PLEASE?
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So what is YOUR favorite food? Seriously. I’m curious. Mine is pizza, obviously.
You thought I was going to say bananas? That’s bananas. Why would I say bananas? Also,
which Presidents themed video would you like me to make next? I've been making more of these
lately because they do pretty well and speaking of which, the next presidential themed video
will be a livestream with Vlogging Through History. are going to collaborate to combine
our presidential tier lists and make one that we both can agree on that will be
on President's Day live so be sure to check that out. You’re tubular for watching. You really are.