Inaugural fare we have known

Barack Obama’s inaugural luncheon in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in 2009. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

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[Trump’s inauguration lunch includes shrimp and beef but no Trump wines]

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Memos from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1945 inaugural lunch. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inaugural luncheon took place at the White House, catered by the Willard Hotel and serving 1,800 guests at 95 cents a pop. According to a copy of a memo Canada Goose sale fromthe Canada Goose online Library of Congress, the menu included chicken salad on lettuce leaves, goose liver finger Canada Goose Outlet sandwiches, potato chips and apricot halves. And, as the memo specifies, no coffee. cheap canada goose uk At least they promised the food would be „attractively arranged on one plate.” (In a separate note, the hotel’s catering manager informsWhite House executive housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt that it will be hard to acquire the number of chickens needed for the lunch and asks whether the government”could release one hundred boxes of fowl to us.”)Gefilte fish, minestrone and Greek salad were on the menu at Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration, according to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2013, by Andrew F. Johnson’s five inaugural balls showcased a four tier, 700 pound cake. Each cake was made with 150 pounds canada goose black friday sale of sugar, 150 pounds of flour, 150 pounds of butter and 600 eggs. Mrs. Johnson directed the cakes to be sent to charities around the area afterward, but that didn’t stop some ball goersfrom digging in. „At the canada goose store Sheraton Park Ball.. canada goose uk shop guests, unaware of the plan, began eating the cake or taking pieces canada goose clearance sale as souvenirs,” The Post reported. JimmyCarter’s parties featured.. Bush sponsored a one night event with dinners atthe Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Building Museum and Union Station. The cost: A cool $1,500 per person. With the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s first inauguration to celebrate, the theme of the dinners was”From George to George.” A consortium of local caterers dished up a lavish menu:

First course: Maryland crab loaf on a bed of leeks, black eyed peas and carrots, accompanied by roast walnut and black pepper bread and a dill sauce.

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