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    The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!

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    Image of HenryLovesFonzie HenryLovesFonzie
    09:27 AM

    In reply to Hillary Clinton Has No Flaws Whatsoever
    "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man."
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    08:45 AM

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    The American wines were selected with care by master sommelier Lou Dobbs. No non-Americans were used to harvest a single grape.
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    Image of ljnd2 ljnd2
    12:19 AM

    In reply to Hillary Clinton Has No Flaws Whatsoever
    Namaste, motherfuckers.
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    Image of takeouteurotrash takeouteurotrash
    11/24/09

    In reply to Hillary Clinton Has No Flaws Whatsoever
    Christmas tree skirts are sooo 1997.

    There. I did it, you fucks.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    Ok... my favorite part is "fresh cheese"
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: My favorite part is "onion seeds vinaigrette." My grandma had onion beds in her garden, so I do know what "onion seeds" are. Onions bloom in the springtime and unless you snip their tops for salad purposes, they subsequently bear seeds in a tumescent-looking pod. The idea of using onion seeds as opposed to the proper onion bulbs or green tops is crazy.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @snugbug:

    That's how things like the Cobb Salad are created. I should know... my grandfather invented the cobb salad at the Rosarito Beach hotel in 1943.



    #tips
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    Image of honey's dead honey's dead
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I'm thinking they mean paneer.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @honey's dead:

    We've learned a lot tonight. So I guess "chocolate-dipped fruit" isn't banana vindaloo??

    #tips
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    Image of honey's dead honey's dead
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Oh man, that is so wrong.
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    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Everyone knows Larry David's grandfather invented the Cobb. Oh--wait, that was the joke. Bedtime.
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    Uncle_Billy_Slumming promoted this comment Edited by honey's dead at 11/24/09 11:34 PM honey's dead was starred honey's dead was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @honey's dead:

    Goofy mood :<

    We were experimenting with whisky sours and things went a little wry.

    #tips
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    12:50 AM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Your uncle? For reals? Awesome! I'm very impressed.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01:04 AM

    @Tart of Darkness:

    Oh I'm bad at this joke business. honey's dead above figured it out... it's an episode of curb your enthusiasm where Larry's friend lies about his grandfather inventing the Cobb salad.

    #tips
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    10:11 AM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I think I'm the one that's bad at this joke thing. I'm a cultural ignoramus. And the other funny thing is that I think it was the Caeser Salad that was invented in Mexico, not the Cobb.
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    Edited by Tart of Darkness at 11/25/09 10:12 AM Tart of Darkness was starred Tart of Darkness was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11:28 AM

    @Tart of Darkness:

    You are interfering with my campaign to sew confusion in the food history wars!

    #tips
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    12:07 PM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Yeah. I'm pretty lame when it comes to sewing confusion, too. I'm sorry. I just had to say that 'cause I read "Seabiscuit" and it's mentioned in there. TJ in the '30s and '40s. What an era!
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12:13 PM

    @Tart of Darkness:

    Al Capone used to hang out down there with his cronies. Hollywood types running all over the place... now it's just a big mess.

    #tips
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    02:14 PM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming:

    If you "sew confusion," then I "Je seam à tout vent."

    (Best publisher's motto ever.)
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    02:16 PM

    @Tart of Darkness:

    I am truely biased about this sewing confusion thing.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    After dinner, Katie Couric is going to join A.R.Rahman for a very special dance number set to music from Slumdog Millionaire
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    Image of msmishka msmishka
    11/24/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: I love you, man. Brilliant.
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    Image of LatestBy LatestBy
    10:21 AM

    @Glib and Bitchy: That back-that-booty-up dance puts the "ho" in jai ho.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11:39 AM

    @msmishka: Such an obvious attempt for approve/promote . . . will always be rewarded.
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    Image of OliversArmy OliversArmy
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    The obvious omission of ACORN squash is not fooling anyone, Mr. President.
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    Image of OliversArmy OliversArmy
    11/24/09

    @OliversArmy: Oh, and in all seriousness about this menu, YUM!
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    Edited by OliversArmy at 11/24/09 10:18 PM OliversArmy was starred OliversArmy was unstarred
    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    State Dinner During the Palin Administration

    1. Budweiser
    2. Doritos
    3. Jack Daniels
    4. Cheetos
    5. Budweiser
    6. Mashed potatos with butter
    7. Pork chops or beef barbeque
    8. Corn on the cob
    9. Budweiser
    10. Vanilla ice cream or Jello

    Entertainment

    Indie 500 hightlights reel.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: Erm, minus the Indie biz, that doesn't sound half bad. What does this mean?!
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: you forgot:
    11. Elk jerky
    12. Moose tidbits
    13. Polar bear milk
    14. Whale blubber
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: A small and anal point: that's Indy 500. The Indie 500 would be a very long film festival at the IFC. Since I know this, I wonder if I am still one of the elites.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    11/24/09

    @dippitydoo: Isn't Polar Bear Milk a key ingredient in a White Russian? You know you can almost see it being made from Sarah's house.
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    Image of NorthernLite NorthernLite
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn:
    1. Moose
    2. Chocolate Mousse
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    Image of UGAdawg UGAdawg
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: Where's the BIG sandwich? We need the big sandwich.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    @UGAdawg: Damn, the six-foot hero! Forgot that!

    #tips
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: And potato chips!

    #tips
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: And French Onion dip. Oops. I mean Freedom Dip.

    #tips
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    Image of JPisme JPisme
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: Oh please. This is the White House. They would obviously top the Jello WITH vanilla ice cream.
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    Image of UGAdawg UGAdawg
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: Good! That means more sammich for me. At any rate pass me a Budweiser please.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    @JPisme: Entertainment would also include a nail-driving contest. A row of large nails are driven slightly into a 2/4. You are given a big hammer and he who drives a nail in using the fewest strokes wins.

    #tips
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/24/09

    @Mike Jahn: Don't forget the baby food. The Palin women will be reproducing for years to come.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: They're suckled by wolves.

    #tips
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/24/09

    @JPisme: No Cool Whip? Commie!
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    I'm sorry, is whipped cream and caramel sauce a separate dessert?

    I can't imagine it not on ice cream, poundcake, or something with "a la mode." But I'd be more than willing to sample it and make a final determination. This would be served in some sort of dish, correct, and not standing in front of the refrigerator, canned whipped cream in one hand, squeeze bottle of caramel in the other, preparing for the two-handed "double-shot" diabetic coma?
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    I think that Lincoln quote the Prime Minister used was featured on my Good Earth tea bag this morning.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/24/09

    In reply to Hillary Clinton Has No Flaws Whatsoever
    One of the more flattering outfits I've ever seen her in.

    Also, nice redemption, Brian.

    (Did someone take Biden's Slinky OR his pot?)
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    11/24/09

    In reply to Hillary Clinton Has No Flaws Whatsoever
    The hair and dress to me say "Okay, Obamas, you wanna do 1960s chic? I'll do fucking 60s chic."
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    Salsify... that's *weeds* bitches.

    "A salsify, or goatsbeard, is a flowering plant in the genus Tragopogon. Tragopogon is in the family Asteraceae and has about 45 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds."

    Director of protocol!
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    Image of LeftCoastLady LeftCoastLady
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Love salsify, especially roasted.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @LeftCoastLady: (does it really taste like oysters?)

    #tips
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Don't knock the weeds! Dandelion greens are delish in salads.. A tick bitter but gorgeous nevertheless.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: Arugula's a weed, too.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @Claire Buoyant:

    How does one create an international incident if you can't attack the menu?

    #tips
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    Image of fuckingoldman fuckingoldman
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Are you sure that's not something that's been covered by salsa, like salsified burritos?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @fuckingoldman:

    Yes. They could have served something traditionally American, like burritos with a nice pico de gallo (what all the rubes call salsa).

    Now, let's talk practical... does the white house have a kosher kitchen for special occasions?
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12:21 AM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Now I want to be invited to the White House just to say, "Sorry, I can't eat your food, but don't worry--I brought my own PB&J."
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    My impression of Joe Biden right about now:

    "Who do you have to kill around here to get a Buckler?"
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/24/09

    In reply to The White House State Dinner Menu: Delish!
    Dear White House, please hire me as your copy editor:

    "Chickpeas," not "Chick Peas"

    "Grenache," not "Granache"

    "Pumpkin Pie Tart" is hideously redundant

    "Pear Tarte Tatin," not "Pear Tatin"

    "Thibaut-Janisson" is spelled with a dash

    "Vanilla Gelées" not "Vanilla Gelees"

    Etc.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: Seriously. Did Palin write the menu?
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    Image of williaza williaza
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: I'm impressed. They should hire you. Although I like the idea of "Chick Peas."
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: Jesus, that's awful. And I'm embarrassed. Seriously, you'd think a state-dinner menu would be spell-checked. And the wines? Couldn't they have, you know, looked at the bottles and copied the labels?
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    Image of clochary001 clochary001
    11/24/09

    @Claire Buoyant: As a recovering copy editor, I would say that menus are the absolute worst offenders when it comes to typos and poor spelling. The Post had a cute article about it last year:

    [www.washingtonpost.com]

    You'd think the WH would do it better, but apparently not.
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    Image of Miss Pontificating Miss Pontificating
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: You have to beat Alex to it. He has already been put on wait-list of copy-editors
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    Image of Chryss Chryss
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: This is why I always put a red pen in my purse when I'm going out to a restaurant. I've been known to copy edit menus, programs, and also the Sky Mall catalog.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @snugbug: You are making Jon Favreau look really really bad.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/24/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Why? I love that cuddly bear.. As long as he sticks to acting and refrains from directing!
     Reply
    snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/24/09

    @Miss Pontificating: Who is Alex?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    @snugbug:

    Other Jon Favreau... the one that *wasn't* dating Aly Campoverdi (who, come to think of it, might be the one who penned the menu... ass't to the deputy chief of staff... who better? Plus if she's Obama's or Rahm's mistress, she could even risk a few typos)

    #tips
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/24/09

    @clochary001: "Restaurant people are not writers. For a chef, doing a menu is like writing a term paper," says Gregg Rapp, a California menu engineer for large restaurant chains.

    Say what? What the hell is a menu engineer?
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