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[Zakuska]

So when Romney makes it to the White House, how will the cuisine served at State Dinners change?

- Will Green Jello and shredded carrots be served?
- Funeral Potatoes?

Will the "secret" tunnels be turned into food storage bunkers?

72 Hour kits?

What do you think?

[LeSellers]

Zakuska, on 30 March 2012 - 07:56 AM, said:

So when Romney makes it to the White House, how will the cuisine served at State Dinners change?

- Will Green Jello and shredded carrots be served?
- Funeral Potatoes?

I doubt it. The Romneys don't eat that way now, and they won't eat that way when they have a tax-payer funded chef, either.

There won't be a coffee pot in the private kitchen, though. The whistling tea kettle will get a long-deserved break, too.

Zakuska said:

Will the "secret" tunnels be turned into food storage bunkers?

72 Hour kits?

What do you think?

The White House, Camp David, and various other Presidential abodes and retreats (including a very nice "bunker" for Congress) are already stocked with much more than 72 hours worth of everything and for many more than two people.

We may just hear more about private preparation from a Romney administration, though.

Lehi

[Pa Pa]

Zakuska, on 30 March 2012 - 07:56 AM, said:

So when Romney makes it to the White House, how will the cuisine served at State Dinners change?

- Will Green Jello and shredded carrots be served?
- Funeral Potatoes?

Will the "secret" tunnels be turned into food storage bunkers?

72 Hour kits?

What do you think?

Easter candy year round...oh wait that is me.

[thesometimesaint]

The menu probably won't change all that much. A little less alcohol. The Romneys don't drink, but alcohol drinking guests at dinner parties still will.

Edited by thesometimesaint, 30 March 2012 - 10:33 AM.

[LeSellers]

Pa Pa, on 30 March 2012 - 09:26 AM, said:

Easter candy year round...oh wait that is me.

On the theory that jelly beans are used for Easter eggs, you would not be the first: Ronald Reagan always had Jelly Bellys on his desk (and elsewhere).

Lehi

[ERayR]

LeSellers, on 30 March 2012 - 08:04 AM, said:

I doubt it. The Romneys don't eat that way now, and they won't eat that way when they have a tax-payer funded chef, either.

There won't be a coffee pot in the private kitchen, though. The whistling tea kettle will get a long-deserved break, too.


The White House, Camp David, and various other Presidential abodes and retreats (including a very nice "bunker" for Congress) are already stocked with much more than 72 hours worth of everything and for many more than two people.

We may just hear more about private preparation from a Romney administration, though.

Lehi

I don't know why the whistling tea kettle has to go.  We have one we heat up occasionally just to listen to it.  I know but things get slow around here at times and the old folks get nostalgic.

[volgadon]

No zakuska, though.
A zakuska is the RUssian term for a food eaten when drinking alcohol, so as to lessen the latter's ill effects.

Edited by volgadon, 30 March 2012 - 05:11 PM.

[Bond...James Bond]

Zakuska, on 30 March 2012 - 07:56 AM, said:

So when Romney makes it to the White House, how will the cuisine served at State Dinners change?

- Will Green Jello and shredded carrots be served?
- Funeral Potatoes?

Will the "secret" tunnels be turned into food storage bunkers?

72 Hour kits?

What do you think?

No.  The White House is a long term hotel basically.  The President can make some changes but a lot of it is set in stone and/or out of the President's hands.

[cacheman]

I imagine that meat would be used sparingly...

[katherine the great]

ERayR, on 30 March 2012 - 04:48 PM, said:

I don't know why the whistling tea kettle has to go.  We have one we heat up occasionally just to listen to it.  I know but things get slow around here at times and the old folks get nostalgic.

I heat mine up too for my herbal tea which I drink daily.  Nothing wrong with a tea kettle!

[Anijen]

Wants to see this happen; I wonder how many staff or Secret Service after being witness to family prayers and scripture reading will come to the conclusion hey this guy believes this stuff and hopefully perhaps they in turn will want to investigate.


Wouldn't it be cool to say after twenty years working in the Secret Service, "I protected 3 presidents of the United States and was taught the gospel by one of them and I eventually asked him to baptize me."

Just thinking out loud
Anijen

Edited by Jeff Holt, 01 April 2012 - 08:45 AM.

[Buzzard]

Jeff Holt, on 01 April 2012 - 08:44 AM, said:

Wants to see this happen; I wonder how many staff or Secret Service after being witness to family prayers and scripture reading will come to the conclusion hey this guy believes this stuff and hopefully perhaps they in turn will want to investigate.


Wouldn't it be cool to say after twenty years working in the Secret Service, "I protected 3 presidents of the United States and was taught the gospel by one of them and I eventually asked him to baptize me."

Just thinking out loud
Anijen

I agree that would be cool, but such activities are likely to take place in the family quarters, to which the Secret Services guards the doors, but does not enter.  Remember the apocryphal but probably true tales of hearing screaming matches during the Clinton years?

[Pa Pa]

LeSellers, on 30 March 2012 - 10:35 AM, said:

On the theory that jelly beans are used for Easter eggs, you would not be the first: Ronald Reagan always had Jelly Bellys on his desk (and elsewhere).

Lehi

Now i know why I liked him so much!

[Pa Pa]

cacheman, on 31 March 2012 - 08:39 AM, said:

I imagine that meat would be used sparingly...

No Burgers for everyone...bring in a 'Steak and Shake".

[LeSellers]

Pa Pa, on 03 April 2012 - 01:14 PM, said:

No Burgers for everyone...bring in a 'Steak and Shake".

Would you like fry sauce with that?

Lehi

[Bond...James Bond]

Jeff Holt, on 01 April 2012 - 08:44 AM, said:

Wants to see this happen; I wonder how many staff or Secret Service after being witness to family prayers and scripture reading will come to the conclusion hey this guy believes this stuff and hopefully perhaps they in turn will want to investigate.


Wouldn't it be cool to say after twenty years working in the Secret Service, "I protected 3 presidents of the United States and was taught the gospel by one of them and I eventually asked him to baptize me."

Just thinking out loud
Anijen

Might want to turn your daydreaming to what plausible path Romney will be able to take to a victory in the Electoral College.