What American Presidents Served at US State Dinners

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  • @JessicaIsOkay
    @JessicaIsOkay 2 роки тому +1132

    "You do not serve bbq ribs at a banquet to ladies in white gloves" He must've never been to the southern United States.

    • @martinjenkins6467
      @martinjenkins6467 2 роки тому +60

      He had a point, I love t bone
      Steak and eat it down to the
      Bone. But at a restaurant I order
      Sirloin or fillet mignon because
      You can't be seen picking up a
      Bone.

    • @karenburrows9184
      @karenburrows9184 Рік тому +58

      Not even ladies in the south would be able to eat ribs at a formal meal or a state dinner where gloves are required. I defy anyone to try it. You just don't serve BBQ at a formal meal, unless it's desossee (deboned). Chicken is another story.

    • @melissacooper8724
      @melissacooper8724 Рік тому +22

      The chef has a valid point. BBQ is more for a casual dinner party.

    • @nautifella
      @nautifella 9 місяців тому +7

      I imagine attending *_any_* formal sorority ball in the south would provide numerous examples that not only that it *_can_* be done, but also done with regularity. And done with nary a wayward spot to betray the act.
      I like G.R.I.T.S.
      _(Girls Raised In the South)_

    • @chrishooge3442
      @chrishooge3442 4 місяці тому +8

      I cannot criticize French cooking but there something magical is mastering the art of smoking brisket, ribs, and other meats. It's a skill I've tried to cultivate as my grandfather was a master.

  • @fathercay
    @fathercay 2 роки тому +1710

    Honestly, the simplicity of the BBQ LBJ hosted sounds like it would hit the spot very nicely. Nothing beats a bit of southern hospitality and soul food.

    • @ArtjomKoslow
      @ArtjomKoslow 2 роки тому +67

      He also did this with Ludwig Erhard, the Inventor of German Rhine Capitalism who was known for having a Taste for Meat and good Stuff in General. I think Erhard was all-in on the BBQ.

    • @Gr8Methos
      @Gr8Methos 2 роки тому +34

      When the cornerstone of the U.S Capitol was laId, George Washington celebrated with a BBQ

    • @margkropf5541
      @margkropf5541 2 роки тому +1

      LBJ was a slave driver whomslept 2 hours a night and conducted business at the urinals.

    • @Satori079
      @Satori079 2 роки тому +2

      @@margkropf5541 yeah and he was awesome for it

    • @resentfuldragon
      @resentfuldragon 2 роки тому +9

      I wish more presidents were less extravagant and more understandable like LBJ and Roosevelt.
      Too many overdosed on so many courses of extravagant meals and ridiculousness portions.
      Many of our more recent presidents (90s onwards) have been particularly big on eating and small on actual help for the american people.
      We have engaged in far too much war and spending and far too little building in this nation as of recent years.

  • @alfredfreedomjones5105
    @alfredfreedomjones5105 2 роки тому +1124

    I love how we go from Eisenhower who likes grilling his own food and eating crackers to Kennedy who likes steak in black truffle sauce with fancy french names. Complete opposites but I’d love to try both

    • @susanbowman2731
      @susanbowman2731 2 роки тому +80

      Like Eisenhower, Prince Philip liked to man the grill. It would have been interesting if they ever had a cookout together.
      In regards to JFK, I think the fancy cuisine mainly came from Jackie. JFK was a more beer and pretzels while watching football kind of guy.

    • @kellicoffman8440
      @kellicoffman8440 2 роки тому +28

      That was Jackie and her French influence my kind of gal

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому +8

      I would have hung out with Ike anytime. Grill some steaks and talk war stories.

    • @simokoistinen276
      @simokoistinen276 Рік тому +19

      @@susanbowman2731
      I can picture a scene where JFK is laying on the couch eating pretzels, drinking beer and watching football and Jackie is on the background sitting by table and looking thru recipes and making a list. And once a while Jackie calls John and John responds like " I think this dish would make a nice impression to (some leader) "Whatever you want, hun" "and also after cocktails we could serve also (some French)""Sure, hun"

    • @rogerlynch5279
      @rogerlynch5279 Рік тому +11

      @@simokoistinen276 Even though John F. Kennedy came from a well reputed upper crust family his personal taste in food was not that refined. Those exquisite State Affaire Meaös had been the result of his wifs influence on him at least as far you cqn trust the biographies about him.

  • @lilitharam44
    @lilitharam44 2 роки тому +613

    I would like to have seen what the Presidents of the Gilded Era fed their guests. Judging by Taft's size alone, I think he would have put forth a pretty impressive spread!

    • @andresinsurriaga1082
      @andresinsurriaga1082 2 роки тому +67

      I have a book that's entitled 'The 1887 White House Cookbook.' They have some menus in there. The amounts of food they ate in the late 19th to early 20 th century are outrageous. There are things on the breakfast menu such as pork chops and fish dishes that would fill me up for the whole day. Lunches and dinners were also huge.

    • @lilitharam44
      @lilitharam44 2 роки тому +6

      @@andresinsurriaga1082 That book was an amazing find!

    • @andresinsurriaga1082
      @andresinsurriaga1082 2 роки тому +4

      @@lilitharam44 I just looked and saw that you can order them online. There are other interesting things in there such as how to make soap, and home remedies and so forth.

    • @stephenandersen4625
      @stephenandersen4625 2 роки тому

      Taft was part of the progressive era that the excesses of the gilded era created. 1904 was the highest in the US that Eugen Debs and Socialist Party of America ever scored in the polls. by 1908 the major parties were in a race to see who could adopt the most progressive policies, The hefty Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley would be your gilded era presidents of choices.

    • @functionatthejunction
      @functionatthejunction Рік тому +4

      @@andresinsurriaga1082 It seems like a lot food today because the media has been conditioning us to live off less and less. Slaves are more effective that way.

  • @CidtheVicious3
    @CidtheVicious3 2 роки тому +1999

    Actually Roosevelt hated the food he was served, my great great grandmother was the housekeeper for them and actually wrote a book about her time in the white house and also wrote a cookbook of meals she served them. Her name was henrietta Nesbitt but the family called her Dodo lol. My grandfather played on the white house lawn as a baby

    • @dougfowler1368
      @dougfowler1368 2 роки тому +99

      Backstairs at the White House or something like that, right? I remember the movie based on that book, it was really wonderful! I don't recall ever seeing the book itself but it would probably be fun to read decades later now.

    • @erikarabie
      @erikarabie 2 роки тому +1

      Well aren't you such an elitist

    • @gkcfan6120
      @gkcfan6120 2 роки тому +102

      Mary Arnold Nelsen, I was just about to post on Henrietta Nesbitt and her connections with the Roosevelts! I’m a historian, and I’ve been interested in Nesbitt’s career since I discussed it with some friends in grad school. If you don’t mind my asking, please, what do you think of the work of Prof. Blanche Wiesen Cook, who argued that Eleanor Roosevelt used food her husband didn’t enjoy as part of a passive-aggressive war of attrition between the two of them? There were rumors that FDR also used to have meals secretly smuggled into the White House from some of the best restaurants in Washington D.C., but he kept this a secret from his wife. Do you know if there’s any truth to this? I hope you won’t think this an impertinent question, but I know that the portrayal of Henrietta Nesbitt in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s No Ordinary Time is controversial, and I’m curious to hear your thoughts on this if you’re willing to share, please. Thank you!

    • @thestrangegreenman
      @thestrangegreenman 2 роки тому +47

      I knew FDR loved meat and hated the Home Economics food Elenore requested, but wow, this story is way cooler. Thank you for sharing!

    • @gkcfan6120
      @gkcfan6120 2 роки тому +54

      @@thestrangegreenman In her introduction to one of her books, Prof. Cook said she got tons of angry responses from people (both professional historians and laypeople) who hated the portrait she painted of the Roosevelts' marriage, where Eleanor used food as a weapon. Allen Drury, the Pulitzer-winning novelist who drew upon real-life events in his political satires, included a vignette in one book where the president is disgusted that he's the most powerful man in the world, but the White House kitchen sends him the wrong kind of sandwich and expects him to eat it.

  • @simokoistinen276
    @simokoistinen276 Рік тому +96

    What makes 9:39 even funnier as a Finnish person is that in Finnish the names of monarchs were translated until 2002 so names like Edward, Charles and Elisabeth were translated to Edvard, Kaarle and Elisabet.
    However, George was translated to Yrjö which later became a synonym for puking because pronounciation of Yrjö is so similar to sound the vomiting person makes :D

    • @kathkwilts
      @kathkwilts 3 місяці тому +4

      The English name Ralph is synonymous with vomiting…

    • @jannanikkola838
      @jannanikkola838 3 місяці тому

      I'm Finnish as well (my maiden name was "Kangas" which we think was shortened when my paternal grandfather immigrated. (Your Finnish name is one of the longest surnames I've ever seen - so you win that prize!)'

    • @simokoistinen276
      @simokoistinen276 3 місяці тому

      @@jannanikkola838
      It is also possible that your grandfather's name wasn't shortened since it still has a sensible meaning (Kangas = Pineland/Forestland or Woven fabric, context matters but former is more accurate)

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 2 роки тому +372

    Any sophisticated dinner becomes memorable when Detective Frank Drebin is around

    • @jakewise5575
      @jakewise5575 2 роки тому +2

      Shut up kirby

    • @kirbymarchbarcena
      @kirbymarchbarcena 2 роки тому +12

      @@jakewise5575 Only when my mouth is full

    • @foxmccloud7055
      @foxmccloud7055 2 роки тому +12

      I seriously doubt that Frank Drebin is going to be invited to anymore Presidential State Dinners.

    • @kirbymarchbarcena
      @kirbymarchbarcena 2 роки тому +8

      @@foxmccloud7055 He will be missed

    • @thewhitewolf58
      @thewhitewolf58 2 роки тому +3

      I actually wonder if irl the ruch run on the polite passive agressive nature they do in fiction.

  • @dougfowler1368
    @dougfowler1368 2 роки тому +260

    I remember a story of how President McKinley at a formal dinner noticed that his wife Ida was suffering from an epileptic seizure and calmly put something over her face to keep her from being seen and ridiculed. Apparently she had seizures somewhat often from what I remember and he was a very caring husband in keeping her from having them noticed. I don't know if that was an official state dinner, but the story of how he cared for her like that is a wonderful one given the time period. I don't know if it's enough for a full video but definitely could be part of something like presidential relationships with their spouses. But if you can find enough about the McKinleys maybe it would make a full video.

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 2 роки тому +28

      I've heard most every evening, McKinley read the Bible to his wife.

    • @karenburrows9184
      @karenburrows9184 Рік тому +3

      Any souce I have read about this 'incident' has labelled it as a myth. It would have been horribly insulting to her. Mind you, there is plenty of documentation verifying that he was very cruel to her in other ways - you need to read her biography from the L of C.

    • @jackalenterprisesofohio
      @jackalenterprisesofohio Рік тому +3

      If you want to read about William Mckinley I would suggest reading _"the Life of William Mckinley and story of his Assination an authentic and memorial edition containing every incident of the Immortal Statesman orator solider and patriot"_
      Written in 1901, the same year he died.

    • @chairlesnicol672
      @chairlesnicol672 4 місяці тому

      ​@@karenburrows9184What's the L of C?

    • @karenburrows9184
      @karenburrows9184 4 місяці тому

      @@chairlesnicol672 Library of Congress....

  • @DoloresJNurss
    @DoloresJNurss 2 роки тому +704

    Grandma told me that, during the Great Depression, the newspapers got hold of the menu for one of Hoover's state dinners and people felt so much outrage that many joined the communist party right then and there. Keep in mind that starvation had become a common cause of death; Grandma herself nearly starved to death. She said that Roosevelt was the only thing that kept the country from a Communist revolution--and she said this as a Republican, herself. So yes, serving hotdogs to royalty mattered.

    • @dabda8510
      @dabda8510 2 роки тому +39

      Yup. FDR himself said something like that too.

    • @lyre6820
      @lyre6820 2 роки тому +10

      Alright now I hate FDR

    • @baraxor
      @baraxor 2 роки тому +37

      The hot dogs were served at Hyde Park as part of a picnic, so while unusual it would not have been bizarre.
      The White House has had to walk a narrow path between serving food so basic that it insults the guests, and that which detractors would say is a waste of the taxpayer's dollar and implies monarchial ambitions on the part of the President.
      As far back as 1840, William Henry Harrison beat Martin Van Buren in part by appealing to populism...Harrison's supporters claimed that "Tippicanoe and Tyler Too" drank honest American cider in mugs while Van Buren indulged in French wines in crystal goblets.

    • @susanbowman2731
      @susanbowman2731 2 роки тому +20

      That reminds me of my own grandmother. She was a staunch Republican, and always voted for Republicans except for the 4 elections when she voted for FDR. My mom and I would tease her about that.

    • @susanbowman2731
      @susanbowman2731 2 роки тому +18

      @@baraxor One thing it appears many people aren't aware of is that only state dinners are paid with federal money. Otherwise the president pays for his and his family's own food.

  • @ashylarrymp
    @ashylarrymp 2 роки тому +59

    That Naked Gun scene is hilarious. I need to watch those movies again.

  • @trevorslinkard31
    @trevorslinkard31 2 роки тому +378

    I’d like to see a video of some of the meals at the state dinners that the presidents attended throughout the world

    • @giraffesinc.2193
      @giraffesinc.2193 2 роки тому +10

      That would be really interesting!

    • @ruinedcraft4830
      @ruinedcraft4830 2 роки тому

      I'm hungry! ua-cam.com/video/EdoZMurKQJA/v-deo.html

    • @mnbrzy
      @mnbrzy 2 роки тому +6

      This is a great idea!

    • @Liriq
      @Liriq 2 роки тому +10

      In year X, president X, when hosted by prime minister X, ate a watermelon.

    • @eatfastnoodle
      @eatfastnoodle Рік тому +8

      Nixon in China:
      - Hors d’Oeuvre
      - Spongy Bamboo Shoots and Egg White Consommé
      - Shark’s Fin in Three Shreds
      - Fried and Stewed Prawns
      - Mushrooms and Mustard Green
      - Steamed Chicken with Coconut
      - Almond Junket
      - Pastries
      - Fruit
      Nixon in Soviet Union:
      Caviar.
      Butter
Coulibiac with mushrooms
      
Seafood assortment: crab, oysters, balyk (salted and dried meat from the back of the sturgeon), Atlantic salmon, salmon, prawns

      Woodland game birds (grouse, partridge, pheasant, grouse, quail)

      Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. Lightly pickled cucumbers
      
Borscht with pampushka (garlic-topped bread roll).
      Sturgeon solyanka soup
      
Starry sturgeon with champignon mushrooms

      Russian-style meat and potato stew cooked and served in pots

      Strawberry mousse

      Coffee, tea, fruit, biscuits

  • @PV96
    @PV96 2 роки тому +85

    The comments about W not liking elaborate foods is interesting. I remember reading that when he visited England he brought 5 chefs with him. The Queen was amused said something like, “doesn’t he think we have Chefs”!!

    • @dobson.
      @dobson. Рік тому +30

      If I was going to England I would bring 5 chefs too

    • @karenburrows9184
      @karenburrows9184 Рік тому +10

      @@dobson. You've obviously never eaten in England. They have some extremely good food. Beef Wellington, quail, partridge in pastry, whole roast pork (and lamb); to say nothing of the regular fare. Properly roasted vegs, steak and kidney pie, English pancakes with fruit and whipped cream, toad in the hole, fish and chips, bangers and mash, I could go on and on. You should try some of these.

    • @Yusuf-ok5rk
      @Yusuf-ok5rk Рік тому +12

      @@karenburrows9184 imagine top 10 food in your cuisine including chips and pancakes. lol.

    • @chenstormstout9456
      @chenstormstout9456 Рік тому +3

      Dubya’s favorite food is cheeseburger pizza. That about sums it up.

    • @jackalenterprisesofohio
      @jackalenterprisesofohio Рік тому +1

      @@karenburrows9184 ohh like the fabled
      Toast sandwich?

  • @duckieforever
    @duckieforever Рік тому +104

    You didn't mention her, but Johnson's chef was Zephyr Wright, a Black woman from my hometown of Marshall, Texas. Mrs. Johnson graduated high school here, and had hired her to cook for the family while Johnson was a senator. So, she followed him to the White House. That is the reason that such "simpler" food was served. Mrs. Wright was a Civil Rights activist, and Johnson would ask her opinion on many issues, including apponinting Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. When Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he gave the pen he used to Mrs Wright saying that she deserved it more than anyone else. I know there's only so much time for a video, and I don't expect you to be able to mention every specific detail. But I wanted to offer a little about her because for someone from a small town in East Texas, she influenced a lot of bigger things.
    And she made a damn fine chili.

    • @just_kos99
      @just_kos99 3 місяці тому +5

      Awesome story, thanks for sharing! Increases my respect for President Johnson and the First Lady.

    • @aryanpoojary4109
      @aryanpoojary4109 3 місяці тому +2

      I love how food influences the world gracias

    • @leonoranicolaysen2784
      @leonoranicolaysen2784 3 місяці тому +1

      Good to know, thanks.

  • @doody244
    @doody244 Рік тому +20

    It’s a great video I just wish you had the Fords. I know their tenure was short but Betty is one of my favorite First Ladies. She threw fabulous shindigs including one for Queen Elizabeth in 1976, the bicentennial 🇬🇧🇺🇸. Her first was for King Hussein of Jordan 🇯🇴. She had only been First Lady for one week.

  • @rha5120
    @rha5120 2 роки тому +57

    im from Hawaii and i applaud you for your pronunciation of king kalākaua 👏🏼

  • @Lance_Manyn
    @Lance_Manyn 2 роки тому +97

    Great content, as always, but I must point out the "sweetmeats" shown at 1:30 are most definitely not sweetmeats. Those are cold cuts.

    • @andresinsurriaga1082
      @andresinsurriaga1082 2 роки тому +4

      Yes, my understanding of 'sweetmeats' is brains. Isn't that it?

    • @Lance_Manyn
      @Lance_Manyn 2 роки тому +4

      @@andresinsurriaga1082 I don't remember brains being included under the phrase sweetmeats. They are the organs, such as the pancreas, liver, kidneys, etc. They have always been prized by carnivores and omnivores for their high nutrient content.

    • @sirvilhelm2360
      @sirvilhelm2360 2 роки тому +1

      @@Lance_Manyn Well, the brain is an organ. So it could be assumed it would be a sweetmeat.

    • @heidiw8406
      @heidiw8406 2 роки тому

      @@andresinsurriaga1082 I just watched a video and sweetmeats in England used to be boars testicles.

    • @andresinsurriaga1082
      @andresinsurriaga1082 2 роки тому

      @@heidiw8406 Never tried them.

  • @cpcva724
    @cpcva724 2 роки тому +31

    You left out the notorious Mrs. Nesbitt. Her cooking during FDRs rein was considered wretched.

  • @TrunkyDunks
    @TrunkyDunks 2 роки тому +26

    *Teddy Roosevelt* - "Women stay and smoke pipes, C'mon boys let's go shoot our dinner! We'll be back in 3-14 weeks!"

  • @msjsq1966
    @msjsq1966 2 роки тому +41

    So much fun!! Thank you, I love this channel!!!!

  • @kaveman_4242
    @kaveman_4242 3 місяці тому +10

    Thank you for being kind to all presidents regardless of your politics .

  • @jacklarkin1383
    @jacklarkin1383 2 роки тому +411

    I got to say the simpler meals sound a heck of a lot better then the fancy stuff.

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer 2 роки тому +25

      Agreed, although I wouldn't mind trying some of the fancier stuff

    • @JohnSmith-nj9qo
      @JohnSmith-nj9qo 2 роки тому +34

      It makes me respect the president a lot more when they do that too. It doesn't seem right that they get to steal my tax dollars so they can eat gourmet foods while millions of Americans can't afford food.

    • @Gusherii
      @Gusherii 2 роки тому +2

      @@comettamer l

    • @Stalkergames916
      @Stalkergames916 2 роки тому +12

      Even rich people want a Big Mac or a grilled cheese i think harry Truman and Eisenhower liked their mom ands wife’s cooking

    • @gaywizard2000
      @gaywizard2000 2 роки тому +3

      Well, yes, for you maybe but you use then instead of than for one!

  • @beeswillinherittheearth5084
    @beeswillinherittheearth5084 2 роки тому +27

    Truman, those watermelon pickles are actually delicious

    • @gloriamontgomery6900
      @gloriamontgomery6900 2 роки тому +2

      You’re so right. My mom makes them-they had this sweet yet buttery taste . Unique

    • @byrongreene6234
      @byrongreene6234 3 місяці тому +1

      Mom made them for years. Both sweet and spiced. The whole family loved them.

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan 2 роки тому +70

    I've heard it said that guests at the Roosevelt state dinners would eat before they came because of the quality of the food.

    • @monkeygraborange
      @monkeygraborange 2 роки тому +31

      The Roosevelt cook was notoriously bad, yet they never replaced her.

  • @muskratrepairservices7701
    @muskratrepairservices7701 Рік тому +36

    Had a friend in college who worked at a restaurant in Maine, where the Bushes liked to dine. He said W never ordered any entrees, he would always just get a bunch of appetizers. Don’t know why that tickled me, but I thought that was a riot. It felt like what a kid would want to do if given free range, which made sense cause his mom is about as warm and cuddly as a pipe bomb.

    • @skippythealien9627
      @skippythealien9627 Рік тому +2

      lmfao this is hilarious...honestly seems like something President Bush would do haha

    • @Oliver-hh6hy
      @Oliver-hh6hy Рік тому +1

      🤨The expression is free rein, not "free range".

    • @skippythealien9627
      @skippythealien9627 Рік тому

      @@Oliver-hh6hy free range honestly works as an eggcorn. plus...i think we all knew what OP meant

    • @marge9563
      @marge9563 Рік тому +1

      I do that sometimes.. order appetizers for dinner - bigger variety

    • @mikeburkholder7458
      @mikeburkholder7458 4 місяці тому +1

      So does my mom.

  • @Midlife_Manical_Mayhem
    @Midlife_Manical_Mayhem 2 роки тому +86

    why did you skip the clintons? they have a long list of state dinners.

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 2 роки тому +34

      And poor old Gerald Ford.

    • @eddiespuhghetti5355
      @eddiespuhghetti5355 4 місяці тому

      Pretty sure Bill went for McDees

    • @StocktonCrushedd
      @StocktonCrushedd 4 місяці тому +8

      ​@@pakde8002Gerry probably served some nachos and beer and watched football with everyone

    • @julianfernandez6304
      @julianfernandez6304 4 місяці тому +1

      Simpsons 😅​@@StocktonCrushedd

    • @phil20_20
      @phil20_20 3 місяці тому

      Obviously a Republican

  • @tomweickmann6414
    @tomweickmann6414 3 місяці тому +26

    Imagine being a White House Chef.
    You've gone to the best culinary schools in the world, your skill is unmatched, your reviews have no equal.
    As you're laying out that magnificent seafood extravaganza you suddenly have a moment of clarity........
    "I'm cooking for a room full of scumbuckets".

    • @TeganX7
      @TeganX7 3 місяці тому +2

      And that includes when Trump dined alone.

    • @buckshot9521
      @buckshot9521 2 місяці тому

      The only people who can ever afford that kind of food are scumbuckets

  • @vertigq5126
    @vertigq5126 2 роки тому +55

    This was great, thanks for continuing to put out awesome content that always makes me hungry 😂

  • @DavidHuffTexas
    @DavidHuffTexas 2 роки тому +9

    Grew up in Austin, TX...so I'd pick a barbecue out at the Johnson ranch as my "state dinner"

  • @motownmark1215
    @motownmark1215 2 роки тому +29

    Being from Michigan I noticed you skipped Gerald Ford I'm sure stuffed wolverine was not on the menu but buckeye's was

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 2 роки тому +12

      And Clinton!

    • @morganschiller2288
      @morganschiller2288 2 роки тому +1

      There may be one stuffed Wolverine on the menu. For your one president. Meanwhile Ohio boasts seven. Buckeyes are delicious

    • @skippythealien9627
      @skippythealien9627 Рік тому

      Fun fact: Gerald Ford was the only man never to have been directly elected by the people to become president. He obviously wasn't the only VP to become president, but technically every VP was directly elected by the people, whereas Ford had to be appointed b/c Nixon's O.G. VP ended up going to jail rofl

  • @bryanblanks1714
    @bryanblanks1714 4 місяці тому +45

    Jimmy Carter one of the most wholesome Presidents we have ever had.

    • @kayeruss7313
      @kayeruss7313 3 місяці тому +9

      I used to think Carter was okay as a person, just an incredibly incompetent president. His support of South American dictators changed my opinion on both counts to an even more negative view.

    • @denisekoltys3019
      @denisekoltys3019 3 місяці тому +6

      Carter was wonderful if you enjoyed unemployment and going hungry.

    • @gryphgaming1887
      @gryphgaming1887 3 місяці тому +4

      @@kayeruss7313 dictators as opposed to what, American puppets?

    • @soapgaming4903
      @soapgaming4903 3 місяці тому

      @@denisekoltys3019good person, bad president.

    • @charlesbaker1403
      @charlesbaker1403 3 місяці тому +1

      Perhaps so... BUT, they left out President Ford.

  • @yoyoglock4
    @yoyoglock4 2 роки тому +110

    I would just like to attend a State Dinner at least once and really wouldn't care who the POTUS was. I just think it would be a really cool experience.

    • @brianc3761
      @brianc3761 2 роки тому

      No one cares.

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому +2

      Maybe one day you will be a big donor or get in that circle.

    • @dspsblyuth
      @dspsblyuth Рік тому

      Why would you want to have dinner with the scum of the earth?

    • @Mutiny960
      @Mutiny960 Рік тому +3

      @@brianc3761 About YOU. But why are you telling us what a sad life you have? We don't care lmao.

    • @Mutiny960
      @Mutiny960 Рік тому +1

      You'd care if it was Trump. You wouldn't know if you're getting Top-tier Michelin Star, or Cold-ass Mcdonald's haha.

  • @emilkoch4098
    @emilkoch4098 2 роки тому +51

    The O’bama’s allowing kids to create and recommend their own custom healthy recipes for the White House chef’s is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard!!! Awesome.

  • @LeoRollinsIII
    @LeoRollinsIII 2 роки тому +42

    Love the channel. Keep them coming. 😁

  • @nicholausbuthmann1421
    @nicholausbuthmann1421 2 роки тому +6

    From what my Mom evidently read. The King ( Elizabeth's Dad ) deeply enjoyed those Hot Dogs, FDR & Eleanor's Informalities, as well as, Picnics in general......I personally liked the sound of Harry S., Ike's & Jackie's Tastes too !

  • @ceceruns13
    @ceceruns13 2 роки тому +29

    “We’ll maybe you don’t frenchie” 😂😂😂😂

  • @12yearssober
    @12yearssober 2 роки тому +313

    How can you skip Bill Clinton? His food choices were the best!!!

    • @NeAyumu
      @NeAyumu 2 роки тому +13

      Well, what were his food choices? I'm interested.

    • @12yearssober
      @12yearssober 2 роки тому +60

      @@NeAyumu
      Everything bad for you. Souther cooking and fast foods!!!

    • @h.smitty105
      @h.smitty105 2 роки тому +63

      @@NeAyumu babies

    • @coconutoil1614
      @coconutoil1614 2 роки тому +44

      @@NeAyumu young post-graped boys and infants 💀💀💀

    • @mikkoj1977
      @mikkoj1977 2 роки тому +8

      Cigar breaks made re entry..

  • @chaselegoman
    @chaselegoman 2 роки тому +79

    When I heard you say Nixon had more sophisticated tastes than Johnson, all I could think about was his favorite meal: Cottage Cheese and Ketchup.

    • @joantrotter3005
      @joantrotter3005 2 роки тому +2

      NO 😳 ketchup ruins everything! Gag.

    • @jamesguidash9296
      @jamesguidash9296 2 роки тому +6

      He also ate dog biscuits.

    • @barbarachieppo9603
      @barbarachieppo9603 2 роки тому +3

      I like tomato in my cottage cheese👍✌

    • @natebeach
      @natebeach 2 роки тому +1

      Cottage cheese & ketchup? I don't believe that.

    • @CloneJFK
      @CloneJFK 2 роки тому +3

      @@natebeach Believe it. He sometimes had a glass of milk to go with it.

  • @diegogranados2029
    @diegogranados2029 2 роки тому +10

    Love the channel GIVE ME MORE TIMELINE VIDEOS! NO BREAKS! ❤️

  • @pawcio2345
    @pawcio2345 2 роки тому +17

    At 11:02 Thats Donald Tusk not Aleksander Kwasniewski :)

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 4 місяці тому +1

    A+ video!
    LOVE IT! Intriguing history to those dinners!

  • @Cinnie.Stories
    @Cinnie.Stories 2 роки тому +115

    That meal with the ribs and beans and beer sounds mighty fine to me. Probably why I won't be dining at the Whitehouse anytime soon 😂

    • @chromicapop4595
      @chromicapop4595 2 роки тому +5

      Wouldn't something filling make sense if your hosting a state dinner with a state leader😂fr if I was hosting I would serve several types of herbal tea with food

    • @screamingseal4805
      @screamingseal4805 2 роки тому +7

      @@chromicapop4595 it doesn’t make sense if you consider there is like 7 courses and the guest have likely already gone to one or 2 dinners that night

    • @morganschiller2288
      @morganschiller2288 2 роки тому +1

      Same here!

    • @ranaevalentine9876
      @ranaevalentine9876 2 роки тому

      Yeah, that's totally why, because of your preferences and not because nobody knows who the fuck you are. Arrogant much?

    • @randomuser3481
      @randomuser3481 2 роки тому +3

      I love me a good rack of ribs

  • @qmance8062
    @qmance8062 2 місяці тому +3

    11:05, that is the former and current prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, not the president, Aleksander Kwasniewski.

  • @sarahburggraf907
    @sarahburggraf907 2 роки тому +64

    Im litteraly making a box of off brand Mac and cheese i got from the food pantry while listening to this 😂

    • @1Skorpia
      @1Skorpia 2 роки тому +8

      Add cut up hot dog serve on a lettuce leaf with cherry tomatoes and call it cuisine

    • @sarahburggraf907
      @sarahburggraf907 2 роки тому +1

      @@1Skorpia 🤔💡😂

    • @Palidor19
      @Palidor19 Рік тому

      I just ate a plate of cheese and crackers

  • @eltronics
    @eltronics 2 роки тому +11

    All choices looked good, and hopefully tasted good. Hamburgers and hot dogs are fine for the family, but for a State dinner....wow

  • @ridureyu
    @ridureyu 2 роки тому +25

    Playing Sonic the Hedgehog wouldn’t be a bad idea for a diplomatic event.

  • @pamsullivan3274
    @pamsullivan3274 2 роки тому +8

    Any video containing clips of Frank Drebin in action gets an automatic thumbs-up from me!!!

  • @mrchrislatino
    @mrchrislatino 2 роки тому +19

    Doesn't make sense to serve to serve French food to the French President or Mexican food to the Mexican President. LBJ had the right idea, you're here and this is what we eat.

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому +4

      I agree with that. I'm sure our version of Mexican wasn't that great anyway.

    • @thewaywardwind548
      @thewaywardwind548 3 місяці тому

      @@timf2279 Gotta get some real Tex-Mex from south Texas.

  • @arimandel5472
    @arimandel5472 2 роки тому +2

    I watch these videos on double speed, and it makes the little snide remarks that much funnier.

  • @lorettalynn2610
    @lorettalynn2610 2 роки тому +80

    I like how some of the presidents have simple tastes

    • @sandraengelbrecht5784
      @sandraengelbrecht5784 2 роки тому +10

      It was very interesting, to see that 3 of our Presidents, listed squirrel, as favorite food! Ewe!

    • @nukacolanut9274
      @nukacolanut9274 Рік тому +1

      It seems that a lot of historical figures had simple tastes. Thomas Jefferson liked Mac n cheese, Abraham Lincoln loved bacon. Even Walt Disney, although he wasn’t a president, loved grilled cheese sandwiches and chili.

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому +1

      G W Bush was a snacker.

    • @Mutiny960
      @Mutiny960 Рік тому

      @@nukacolanut9274 Disney also loved braised children. Not well known, but it was his favorite meal and reason he created his Theme Parks. They were made as hunting reserves. "Don't get lost Billy, 'ol Walt will come and eat ya!"

  • @Seventeen_Syllables
    @Seventeen_Syllables 2 роки тому +11

    It is not clear when indoor plumbing was first installed in the White House, but it is known that Thomas Jefferson had a cistern installed in the attic to supply something resembling modern bathrooms. So I'd be interested in the weird history of White House plumbing.
    Edit: To answer the final question, although I did not like LBJ as a president (I wasn't quite draft age while he was in office, but still...), I think I would have been most comfortable sharing a meal with him and Lady Bird.

  • @JamesSCrockett1
    @JamesSCrockett1 2 роки тому +8

    Not to be too off topic but was that Angela Lansbury you know murder she wrote sitting at h w’s table?

  • @makeupmania3815
    @makeupmania3815 2 роки тому +17

    Just thought it may be worth mentioning that the photo signed as of president Bush and polish president Me Kwasniewski, is not actually include Mr Kwasniewski, but the former EU President, Donald Tusk I think..
    I love your videos btw! Educational and entertaining- perfect combo 👍🏻 thank you :)

    • @Magdalenkaization
      @Magdalenkaization 4 дні тому

      Yes, It's Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland.

  • @judeinLA.
    @judeinLA. 2 роки тому +9

    Leslie Nielsen absolutely rocked that sceen with the Rock Lobster🦞
    Uh uh uh uh uh!

  • @bizzaroZa
    @bizzaroZa 2 роки тому +2

    Hi. I couldn't find where to message directly. Please could you do a video on what life was like for a Boer soldier during the Boer war in South Africa

  • @ukdnbmarsh
    @ukdnbmarsh 2 роки тому +45

    Frank Drebin - timeless comedy.

  • @royboiiiluo6178
    @royboiiiluo6178 2 роки тому +9

    I’ll eat with President Grant! I’m a simple man, military food always make sure you are properly fed

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 2 роки тому +12

    Now, I cannot help but wondering how the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast that lasted for three days will looked like now.

  • @szulmack
    @szulmack 2 роки тому +8

    Just a small jab but when showing the last Bushes dinner with Kwaśniewski, you showed a picture of Bush shaking hands with Donald Tusk then prime minister of Poland, not Kwaśniewski

  • @Niterider73
    @Niterider73 2 роки тому +32

    Really loving these weird history food videos. This was a pretty good video, I'm surprised that Clinton wasn't involved

    • @garymarcera7452
      @garymarcera7452 2 роки тому +10

      I noticed that too, Bill Clinton's presidency and the state meals served during his administration.

    • @Niterider73
      @Niterider73 2 роки тому

      @biohazardpr 🤣

    • @aprilgosa5779
      @aprilgosa5779 2 роки тому +2

      @biohazardpr Dude

    • @baronvg
      @baronvg 2 роки тому

      @biohazardpr hehehehehehe

    • @jessdelong80sbb
      @jessdelong80sbb 2 роки тому +6

      I agree, they did Nixon… so why was Clinton skipped?

  • @LtTemplar
    @LtTemplar Рік тому +1

    At 11:03 there is mistake with photo. That is photo of prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk and not Polish president.

  • @sueblankenship9441
    @sueblankenship9441 2 роки тому +39

    A good ol fashioned Texas BBQ with LBJ. You can't get more Murican than that.

  • @DEFxRECON
    @DEFxRECON 2 роки тому +4

    Nothing tickles the ears like Weird History Guy speaking French

  • @OneOfThoseTypes
    @OneOfThoseTypes 2 роки тому +25

    Lol, the french chef couldn't figure out how to make bbq.

    • @briankady1456
      @briankady1456 3 місяці тому +2

      I can imagine LBJ's response to the French chef's comments about BBQ ribs. LBJ probably told him to F off.

    • @boardcertifiable
      @boardcertifiable 3 місяці тому

      Too bad, bbq is awesome.

  • @Robert-xp4ii
    @Robert-xp4ii 2 роки тому +6

    If I were President, I'd regularly anger the Secret Service by having Papa John's delivered.

    • @chiefkeef74
      @chiefkeef74 2 роки тому

      I hope you tip cus drivers only make half their wage when on delivery.

  • @joeytrimble1558
    @joeytrimble1558 2 роки тому +60

    damn i wanna go to LBJ's dinner lmfao

    • @chumbawaumbacumpa
      @chumbawaumbacumpa Рік тому

      Wouldn’t have been much different from a klan bbq.

    • @razohuh
      @razohuh Рік тому +4

      Even better

    • @201hastings
      @201hastings Рік тому +4

      @@chumbawaumbacumpa dang, you’ve been to a klan bbq? How was it?

    • @chumbawaumbacumpa
      @chumbawaumbacumpa Рік тому

      @@201hastings Heck no, I haven’t been to one, I’m not a democrat. I’ve listened to firsthand accounts and have done some research however.
      They’re pretty much a giant group of goobers who get together for monthly bbqs and bs with each other, still racist p.o.s. people though, don’t get me wrong.

    • @johnnymoondog9474
      @johnnymoondog9474 Рік тому

      Just watch out for Jumbo

  • @paulromsky9527
    @paulromsky9527 2 роки тому +3

    If I were president, a 50 course meal (3 to 5 on a plate), very tiny portions representing the best from each state. Then you can select your favorites for the next visit.

  • @callumjoyce1712
    @callumjoyce1712 2 роки тому +13

    Teddy Roosevelt is the man with which I'd share a meal, without a doubt!

    • @nigelis2345
      @nigelis2345 2 роки тому +3

      He probably hunted and killed the meal with his bare hands.

    • @nukacolanut9274
      @nukacolanut9274 Рік тому +3

      Same. From what I understand, Teddy was a big fan of steak and fried chicken. A true man of taste 😋

  • @shandobombs
    @shandobombs 6 місяців тому +7

    Bill Clintons favorite food:
    Monica Lewinsky: 🐱😂

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 роки тому +4

    Could you make a video about:
    1.) All Hallows Eve (the traditional celebration).
    2.) Mischief Day (October 30, also known as Devil's day).

  • @tsarfox3462
    @tsarfox3462 Рік тому +2

    I honestly expected Grant's state dinner to be whiskey. Shots for appetizers, whiskey soup for the main course (it's just whiskey in a bowl), and for desert coffee with whiskey in it, hold the coffee.

  • @chadvogel3594
    @chadvogel3594 2 роки тому +9

    All those meals sounded good!

  • @MeMe-c1w9s
    @MeMe-c1w9s 2 місяці тому

    "Don't forger the cheese straws!"
    I laughed at that entirely too hard.
    Good show narrator

  • @baileyhatfield4273
    @baileyhatfield4273 Рік тому +3

    At 10:05 is that the uh woman from Murder she wrote?

  • @soniag295
    @soniag295 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful content, i like how you keep this interesting.

  • @robert6533
    @robert6533 Рік тому +8

    During Grant's segment, the phrase "sweetmeats" is accompanied by what looks like a deli platter of cold cuts, but it should be mentioned that the phrase "sweetmeats" is synonymous with "sweets," as in cookies and light pastries.

    • @andrewcooper7256
      @andrewcooper7256 Рік тому

      Sweet meats is things like nuts, dried fruit, and candied peel. Sweet bread is organ meats.

    • @robert6533
      @robert6533 Рік тому

      @@andrewcooper7256 The dictionary definition of a sweetmeat is "any sweet food or delicacy prepared with sugar or honey, as a cake, confection, preserve, etc." That includes pastries. And yes, the term "sweetbread" refers to the meat of visceral organs. Either way, "sweetmeat" is not meat.

  • @Spliter131
    @Spliter131 Рік тому +1

    Great content, but there's one error at 11:01. On the picture there's Donald Tusk, not Kwaśniewski

  • @pballfan
    @pballfan 2 роки тому +48

    I used to be a high-end catering chef. I cooked for the titan families who run this country (think Rockefeller, Kraft, Heinz, etc). Much of our menu templates were very similar to the president's dinner starting from Nixon. They really don't stray too far from the original...

    • @sauceboss9443
      @sauceboss9443 Рік тому

      How long did it take you to get to that position? What sort of training did you take?

    • @sauceboss9443
      @sauceboss9443 Рік тому

      @Lowly-Peasant his dad might have enjoyed pizza with the worst of them.

    • @TheSultan1470
      @TheSultan1470 Рік тому

      @@lowly-peasant9079 what

    • @citypopFM
      @citypopFM Рік тому

      @FuckGoogle toocorrupttoeverreasonwith,see Probably true, honestly. It's often the way things work.

    • @Mutiny960
      @Mutiny960 Рік тому +2

      @@sauceboss9443 I'll give you the secret. No training besides Culinary School. Just get lucky and work for the right catering company. Which one? Who knows. That's the 'lucky' aspect for ya :). No company is going to give away that they regularly serve the most powerful families in the nation. Too much risk for someone with a grudge coming in and trying to poison somebody. The people chopping onions and slicing tomatoes for them are no more skilled than anyone else coming out of Culinary School. Unless you want to be in charge, you really don't need much beyond basic skills and the ability to follow a recipe.

  • @Suz_408
    @Suz_408 2 роки тому

    Just found your channel. Looking forward to more.

  • @wildlyunrulyadventures3942
    @wildlyunrulyadventures3942 2 роки тому +16

    Very very interesting! Thank you for putting this together. It was hugely entertaining.

  • @epluribusunum1460
    @epluribusunum1460 3 місяці тому +2

    If President Truman served watermelon pickles, I say he had good taste. My favorite pickles, especially at holidays.

  • @wiktorrrrr
    @wiktorrrrr 2 роки тому +6

    #WeirdHistory on 11:02 this is not Aleksander Kwasniwski but Prime Minister Donald Tusk 2007-2014

  • @CarroLeenah
    @CarroLeenah 2 роки тому +1

    11:05 - I need point out a mistake. The text says "Alexander Kwasniewski" but the person in the photo with Bush is Donald Tusk, who also actually isn't, nor he ever has been, a president of Poland.

  • @littlemaridee
    @littlemaridee 2 роки тому +8

    I love the institution of the presidency. I'll always watch videos about the white house, air force one, and weird quirks about former presidents. Keep em coming.

  • @sarahhardy8649
    @sarahhardy8649 3 місяці тому

    I’d be very interested in what tableware patterns various First Ladies sought.

  • @malafunkshun8086
    @malafunkshun8086 2 роки тому +3

    Did not know that the first Presidential State Dinner was for King David Kalakaua!
    Interesting!
    Aloha 😊🤙🏼👏🏼

  • @Yanousecq
    @Yanousecq 2 роки тому +1

    11:04 it is not Aleksander Kwaśniewski on the photo, but Donald Tusk (Polish PM that time)

  • @jackwalker9492
    @jackwalker9492 2 роки тому +5

    I was in the Infantry for 27 years. If there is more than one color in my chow, I am quite happy. For everything else; there's Tabasco sauce and hunger.

    • @heatherknits124
      @heatherknits124 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for your sacrifice and service, sir. I’m terribly sorry about the monochromic color scheme of your rations, but I’m grateful you’re willing to eat whatever you have to keep up with the task at hand.

    • @jackwalker9492
      @jackwalker9492 2 роки тому +1

      @@heatherknits124 LOL! Thank you for the kind words. It made me better and you people are worth it! I hVe gotten to the point where I do not burn a salad. You take care and how nice of you to say such kind things to a perfect stranger. You are worth it and YOUR Army loves you

    • @JD-fx9ly
      @JD-fx9ly 2 роки тому +3

      Me but with sriracha, being broke for the longest time sriracha and ramen was a go to.

    • @jackwalker9492
      @jackwalker9492 2 роки тому +1

      @@JD-fx9ly LOL! My first fancy food was Ramen. But I would throw stuff in, like green onion tops and an egg wtih some meat. Sttill love it!

  • @jasonrodgers9063
    @jasonrodgers9063 3 місяці тому

    At 6:57- "Well, maybe YOU don't Frenchie!" !!!

  • @randyragsdale23
    @randyragsdale23 Рік тому +4

    The simpler meals sound a hell of a lot better than the sophisticated meals.

    • @ManofMystery89
      @ManofMystery89 Рік тому

      Totally agree, especially the BBQ that LBJ did for his state dinners. I'll take good old American BBQ over fancy stuff anyday!

    • @skippythealien9627
      @skippythealien9627 Рік тому

      there's a time and a place for both. very few things beat American BBQ, but I like to try fancy foods if I'm ever able to afford them (which is, admittedly, rare lol)

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 2 роки тому +2

    Ulysses S. Grant Dinner - Looks excellent
    Herbert Hoover Dinner - Unusual, but intriguing
    FDR Dinner - Just dumb, who is going to think someone at the White House is strapped for cash?
    Harry Truman Dinner- The ham and fried potatoes is am interesting combo.
    Eisenhower Dinner - Turtle soup...never seen it before....the rest sounds very good (other than the saltines, they may as well have eaten cardboard)
    JFK Dinner - THAT IS A KEEPER, amazing! (WINNER)
    Lyndon B. Johnson Dinner- Food sounds casual, but that chef is right it is not appropriate for the occasion.
    Richard Nixon Dinner - THAT IS A KEEPER TOO! Wow.
    Jimmy Carter Dinner - Looks good. The hazelnut mousse is the big winner!
    Ronald Regan Dinner- Pita bread sounds good.
    George H.W. Bush Dinner - That raspberry cake looked good.
    George W. Bush - That banana-coconut pudding looks good, and ginger-almond ice cream looks interesting.
    Barack Obama - Aquavit Cocktail looks intriguing, the rest may as well be called political food.
    Donald Trump - Goatcheese Gateau with tomato jam sounds very promising.
    I think the JFK Dinner sounds the most memorable and truly sophisticated.
    Thank you for the video.

  • @whatever8282828
    @whatever8282828 2 роки тому +7

    I think at the BBQ you're zooming in on LBJ's vice president Humphrey, not the Chancellor of West Germany.

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому

      Correct that the President and VP in Texas for some BBQ.

  • @Tharsix36
    @Tharsix36 2 роки тому +2

    Yo, the guy shaking hands with Bush at 11:02 is certainly not Aleksander Kwaśniewski.

  • @lvlinda6
    @lvlinda6 Рік тому +5

    Definitely LBJ. his taste in food is definitely right up my taste buds alley. Nothing beats a good old fashion BBQ. 🤤

  • @NoName-cp1bn
    @NoName-cp1bn 2 роки тому

    What Song is the background?
    Sounds like either 'Solidarity Forever' Or Battle Hymm of The Republic

  • @kellicoffman8440
    @kellicoffman8440 2 роки тому +10

    Also the idea of hot dogs for the king and queen was to serve food you would have at a picnic as the idea was an American 🇺🇸 picnic

    • @lindathompson3982
      @lindathompson3982 2 роки тому

      Yes.

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 Рік тому

      Yes, it's a great true story. The Queen liked them and said. "They are so American." She was very witty and had a great sense of humor.

  • @philly83
    @philly83 2 роки тому +2

    Love the clips from naked gun 2 1/2

  • @kevandre
    @kevandre 2 роки тому +14

    Damn skipping Clinton entirely, cold

    • @edwardhurdle5013
      @edwardhurdle5013 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah...I was going to mention the same thing. What happened with Bill Clinton state dinners 🍽 🤔

    • @yankeecarolyn376
      @yankeecarolyn376 2 роки тому

      Deserves it

  • @zach7193
    @zach7193 2 роки тому +2

    I like this. This was something. Fascinating.

  • @kimberlydianehagen4512
    @kimberlydianehagen4512 2 роки тому +6

    😁 What a terrific historical video! I laughed so hard at some of the items. The one that made me wonder was Queen Elizabeth II being served some pretty exotic food. From what I understand, she was pretty strict on what she would eat. But she looked very happy.
    Not necessarily for the food, but I would have loved to have been at the event with Princess Diana and John Travolta with the Reagan household.
    That thing about the Chef who refused to fix BBQ and stuff absolutely slayed me -- probably the best for all involved.

    • @annedenman3312
      @annedenman3312 2 роки тому

      Good point about QE II, it is well known that the royals don't eat seafood so I am ify on whether she ate Lobster or not.

    • @nukacolanut9274
      @nukacolanut9274 Рік тому

      I think it’s funny that the Queen was strict with what she ate. It came to light a couple years ago that she really liked to have cheeseburgers and fries for dinner sometimes with a sundae or milkshake for dessert.

    • @matthijslenaerts9423
      @matthijslenaerts9423 Рік тому

      @@annedenman3312 They do, just not regularly abroad. Which is quite a common thing in diplomatic circles depending on the country you're in. Shellfish is hard to control for quality sometimes, and becomes harder the larger the quantities discussed, like at a state dinner. If you're serving mussels for 200 people, the chances that a couple of them are no good are high. But if you're at a 3-star restaurant, you can normally assume there's been a quality check for example.

  • @petestaint8312
    @petestaint8312 2 місяці тому

    Love the narrator! Dry sense of humor. 👍