The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-25
WHITE HOUSE FARE
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
President Corrects Statements In
Il dicating that He Was Given q
- to COMMANDING. : :
Journal Special Service.

; Washington, June 25.-President
Roosevelt eats hard-boiled eggs, coffee
and rolls for breakfast. He said so him
self today He also denied that he eats
elaborate ]uncheons or, on ordinary
occasions when he is not giving state
dinner, has ten courses for his dinner.
There was a special article in; the
Washington Post yesterday which went
into details as to the presidents meals.
marketing and his kitchen. arrange
ments. The writer gave some sample
menus of White House meals, including
the list for a fve-course breakfast and
one for a ten-course dinner.
The president read the article. Then
he called up the editorial rooms Of the
reporter be sent to the White House at
once so he could tell the reporter what
he really does eat
| Not Gourmand.
House. After he returned he wrote
this article, and which was practically
dictated by the president:
HWhen President Roosevelt is adver-
tised as a gourmand he desires to make
correction.
1.-THE president indicates that but one
correct inference can be cleaned from
the story appearing in the Post yester-
day which purports to describe at some
length the culinary department OF the
executive mansion and that is the occu..
pants Of the White House partake of
the ordinary three meals day.
HUpon the question of what the
/ White House table is supplied with
where theviands are purchased, or how
1 the meals are served, it can easily be
gathered from the president g remark
that the writer-of the-article had never
taken bite or sup in the White House
during the present administrat ton Up ? pc
menu card supplied by the author OF the
l executive mansion pure food story
might be indeed interesting reading
1 suggested the president, if it portrayed
facts.
| ate a widespread impression that the
! president and his family sit down t.
q four or fve-course' breakfast, SIX OF
seyen-course lunch and a ten-c course din
ner, the president feels that oenla
is not inappropriate.
1 oranges, cantaloupes, cereals, eggs, pa
con. lamb chops, hot cakes and watfles
President Roosevelt insists that the reg
Mar White House breakfast consists o:
hard-boiled eggs, rolls and coffee.
), A Bread-and-n1ilk Lunch. /
ssInstead Of luncheon made of, suel
delicious viands as ittle-neck CLANS
!, stuffed olives, celery, consomme O.
chicken, fish saute, eggs la TurQue
, spring lamb, new spring beans, aspara
gus, mashed potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes
Strawberries and ice cream, Preslden
Roosevelt declares that when alone n
: always contents himself with bowl Q
bread and milk. When Mrs. Roosevel
and the children are present, the luncl
consists of cold meat, if there IS an,
!. left over, tea, cantaloupe in season an
bread.
. IInstead Of a ten-course dinner IN
Guiding almost everything in the list
. cdibles, the president declares that MN
: times out of ten three-eourse .dlnne
!, is served and the other time TWO
3 1.-THE paragraph in the culinary stor
y referring to the fact that the pres
dent and his family eat. about the sam
= things which are eaten by other Amer.
chn families in comfortable clrcun
! stances the president. declares To- 70 Q .
Z accurate If segregated from the palanc
: Of the story. But when taken In cor
( nection with the published menu caro-
: the president sarcastically INQUIRIES noN
: many comfortable American famine
serve such meals. -, !,
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