If we were to believe this article via NPR, the American public cares what their Presidents and future Presidents eat. While the Obama family has certainly created a perfect and ideal family eating situation by having others grow their own vegetables for them and brew their own beer, are the eating habits of the President and his family really interesting news? Maybe, but this NPR article leaves more questions open than it answers.
From the article:
So far, we don’t know much about Romney’s tastes in food, aside from the occasional ice cream scooped from Bailey’s Bubble in Wolfeboro, N.H., and his affection for feeding Jimmy John’s subs to the press on the bus. However, parsing the eating habits of presidential candidates (to say nothing of sitting presidents) is now firmly embedded in America’s cultural milieu. Just think: Ronald Reagan and jelly beans. Bill Clinton and fast food. President Obama and, well, most things chili-related, plus a bit of home-brewed beer.
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We don’t know if Romney adheres to it, but there is such a thing as a Mormon food culture. In fact, Mormon culinary traditions, or foodways, closely resemble the tenets of the “good food movement” currently shaping many Americans’ renewed interest in food — i.e., cooking from scratch, emphasizing whole grains, and locally sourced fruits and vegetables.
Many know that Mormons have a different set of rules to live by when it comes to food including storing it, eating it, and drinking it. But why would NPR center so closely on these topics when they knew nothing themselves? Are the habits of a Presidential candidate really that interesting to the American public? Is his Mormon background really the reasons he has stayed “fit”? Will Romney somehow lead a revolution in altering the eating habits of America just by carrying himself differently than the rest of us?
What do you think about this one? Do you sit around at your dinner table and discuss the eating habits of the First Family? Aside from the ‘coolness’ factor of Obama having beer brewed for himself and his guests, do you really care about it at all? Do you really believe Mitt Romney, with all of his money, is storing away self-canned food for a rainy day? Whatever you have to say about this one, go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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August 28th, 2012 at 8:45 am
My old neighbors are Mormon. They were not fit and got pizza and sandwiches delivered all the time. I have Jewish friends that eat pork. My mom is Catholic and eats meat on Fridays during lent. So without knowing what Romney really eats, this was mostly an article on what Mormons eat. It almost reads as an article that says, “Dear NPR listener. Romney is Mormon. Mormons eat differently than you do. Romney is not like you. Obama on the other hand eats like you do, you pretentious twit. Obama is like you. Vote Obama.”
August 28th, 2012 at 9:35 am
I have known a number of people who happen to be of the Mormon persuasion, in particular within the workplace.
While not to a person, I found it interesting that when I would travel with one of them, a drink or a can of Diet Coke would often be ordered by one of them, but when traveling with more than one of them, I would be the only one consuming a glass of wine or something with caffeine.
Since I have never been on a business trip with Mitt Romney, it is hard to say if or how he cheats on his magic tablet from space required diet, but I suspect he stays pretty true to it when others are looking, which is more than likely all of the time right now.
August 28th, 2012 at 9:59 am
I don’t care what other people eat. Much like I don’t care what they wear, or what kind of car they drive, or what they drink. this includes the presidents and candidates.
August 28th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Unless you drive a Hummer. The I know you’re a tool.
August 28th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
obviously npr has too much free time to waste and too much of my hard earned money to waste on this frivolous bullshit. who cares?
bb
August 28th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
bb,
Where is the picture of frivolous bullshit? You have let me down.
lefty
August 28th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Nope.. don’t care. I’ve been a bit surprised this election time around. I actually have no preference on either party’s candidate. I don’t believe either one has the capability to move this country further, and because of the mess that is our government, I don’t think either one of them can materially make it worse.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:14 am
lefty, i was in a rant and had to keep myself fired up before i forgot what i was ranting about:)
have some bacon!
bb
August 30th, 2012 at 6:57 am
I don’t care what the President eats, and I prefer a President who doesn’t care what I eat, either.
August 30th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I don’t care what current or recent prezzies eat/ate. I think it is historically interesting to know what presidents ate long ago.