Barack Obama, Joe Biden, their families, the supreme court, and members of the congressional leadership will eat lunch in Congress on the day of the inauguration. The menu is following a Lincoln theme:
“The luncheon’s appetizer will be seafood stew in puff pastry — scallops, shrimp, lobster — served as a nod to the 16th president’s love of stewed and scalloped oysters.
The main course — duck breast with sour-cherry chutney and herb-roasted pheasant served with molasses sweet potatoes and winter vegetables — is a nod to the root vegetables and wild game that Mr. Lincoln favored growing up on the frontier in Kentucky and Indiana.”
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4 comments to “Obama Menu”
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what was for dessert?
Response on 15 Jan 2009 at 9:13 am by diane - -
Log cabin pie is my guess. Just like pecan pie but made with maple syrup instead of corn syrup.
Response on 16 Jan 2009 at 10:07 pm by dana - -
For dessert they had apple cinnamon sponge cake and sweet cream glace.
Sadly, there was a children’s menu…
Hot dogs
Cheeseburgers
Macaroni and cheese
French fries
Grilled cheese sandwiches
Cheese pizza
Chocolate chip cookies
Apple and orange juicesThink the kids ate that in 1860 too?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/a-mission-to-serve-lunch-in-the-capitol/
Response on 20 Jan 2009 at 3:05 pm by Rosemary - -
Sweet Corn Creme Brulee with blueberries at the bottom or Foie Gras Creme Brulee ala Shola at Studio Kitchen
Response on 27 Jan 2009 at 5:35 pm by Chicken Fried Gourmet -
