Obama's favorite not burgers but broccoli ...
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July 11, 2013, Thursday
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US President Barack Obama likes burgers, hot dogs and such, but when it came time to answer a young journalist's question about his favorite food, broccoli was the first word that sprang from his lips.
This revelation came at a White House event for children who won a healthy recipe contest, as part of first lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign.
Having fun with the children, Obama agreed to take two questions from the journalists among them. The first asked what was Obama's favorite food. Broccoli was the presidential reply, according to a White House aide.
This from a politician who has eaten his way across the country - burgers in a Washington suburb with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev; ribs in Asheville, North Carolina; hot dogs at a basketball game in Dayton, Ohio; and a tasty pastry called a kringle in Wisconsin.
Obama's disclosure puts him starkly at odds with the culinary tastes of George HW Bush, who as president declared his dislike for broccoli.
"I'm president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!" Bush said in 1990.
Steamed broccoli growers shipped thousands of pounds of broccoli to the White House in protest, and the vegetable was farmed out to homeless shelters.
Obama was clearly enjoying the spirit of the anti-obesity event, called the "Kids' State Dinner," which recognized winning recipes like "picky eater pita pizza pockets" and "sweet potato turkey sliders."
He joked that he's not much of a cook. "(In) my family, when they cooked vegetables, they were all boiled." Since then, he said, he has learned that healthy food can also taste good.
This revelation came at a White House event for children who won a healthy recipe contest, as part of first lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign.
Having fun with the children, Obama agreed to take two questions from the journalists among them. The first asked what was Obama's favorite food. Broccoli was the presidential reply, according to a White House aide.
This from a politician who has eaten his way across the country - burgers in a Washington suburb with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev; ribs in Asheville, North Carolina; hot dogs at a basketball game in Dayton, Ohio; and a tasty pastry called a kringle in Wisconsin.
Obama's disclosure puts him starkly at odds with the culinary tastes of George HW Bush, who as president declared his dislike for broccoli.
"I'm president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!" Bush said in 1990.
Steamed broccoli growers shipped thousands of pounds of broccoli to the White House in protest, and the vegetable was farmed out to homeless shelters.
Obama was clearly enjoying the spirit of the anti-obesity event, called the "Kids' State Dinner," which recognized winning recipes like "picky eater pita pizza pockets" and "sweet potato turkey sliders."
He joked that he's not much of a cook. "(In) my family, when they cooked vegetables, they were all boiled." Since then, he said, he has learned that healthy food can also taste good.
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