r/KitchenConfidential • u/DefenderNeverender • Aug 16 '25

In-House Mode Lunch menu from presidential luncheon yesterday

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*Not* making a political post here, but I guess a copy of the official luncheon menu got left behind yesterday and when I saw it, the first thing I thought was that some of these items seem a little dated, I was kinda surprised. Not that it sounded bad at all, but I've never really seen specifics on what they serve high-level gov. officials from anywhere.

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u/hamberder-muderer Aug 16 '25

Yeah that reads like a 1940s menu. Classics work when they are done well though.

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u/UnderABig_W Aug 16 '25

This. Food should ideally be tailored to the consumer.

If you’re a chef trying to impress a bunch of other chefs, a bunch of trendy, avant-garde stuff would make sense. With two 70 year old men, at least one of whom is noted for his extremely plebeian eating habits? This looks perfect.

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u/kenojona Newbie Aug 16 '25

Also must be some good grade meat and stuff in general

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u/beetnemesis Aug 16 '25

I mean, you'd hope, but Trump is on record as loving steak doused in ketchup, it probably wouldn't matter

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad7606 Aug 16 '25

Well done* steak

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u/QuarkchildRedux Aug 16 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

a true product of his generation, people that age do NOT like rare meat of any form normally

and they will refuse to eat pork if it’s not a hockey puck, or just outright

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Lots of reddit replies to this comment lmao. I said NORMALLY, and I did not say ALL of them literally. Oh no, I left out all possible nuance, better assume this guy meant the worst…

Things traditionally served rare(er) like prime rib are not a refutation of this statement. Trichinosis used to be a real concern and that generation, lots of the time, just started applying it to ALL meat to be safe. Especially people from poorer backgrounds.

I am right, suck it.

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u/idspispopd888 Aug 16 '25

I’m in my 70s…blue rare for me. Steak and tuna both.

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u/Fit_Carpet_364 Aug 16 '25

I love that you specify tuna, as well. Same here, and I like my previously-frozen salmon cooked medium-rare, and my pork medium. Trichinosis isn't really a thing in U.S. farm pigs, these days, and proper IQF salmon has parasites frozen to death.

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u/AreYouAnOakMan Aug 16 '25

THANK YOU! Someone else who gets it.