Posted on 09/24/2015 1:09:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Plenty of things will be different at Friday’s White House state dinner for China, ranging from the setting to the decor to the post-dinner entertainment. But in trying to figure out what to change, the White House decided to keep one thing the same: Maine lobster is back on the menu.
The lobster will be poached in butter and served with traditional rice noodle rolls embedded with spinach, shiitake mushrooms and leeks when President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan to dinner in the East Room with a few hundred guests.
When then-President Hu Jintao was the guest in 2011, the lobster was also poached and served with glazed carrots and black trumpet mushrooms.
“Maine lobster is in season,” White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford said Thursday, as she and other White House staff showed off the table setting, menu items, decor and entertainment for the news media. …
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The leftovers won’t be going to Michelle’s school lunch program.
Yes. 'halal' and 'kosher' differ in this regard.
It’s good to be the king!
They should have just ordered takeout.. A lot cheaper.
Robstel again!
None of the putrid glop served to America’s students will be on the menu? Shouldn’t we be hearing whines from the Mooch with the 3-zip code ass?
A lot of people are allergic to shellfish & also get sick headaches from eating shellfish (due to theobromine sensitivity). - The last two boiled shrimp I ate gave me a ramping sick headache (that was several years ago).
Chocolate also has theobromine in it. I quit chocolate for several years; now can have a couple of Frosty’s a week, but not 3 or 4 Frostys. :o(
I developed this sensitivity after I was already grown.
As I ~understand it, Kosher won’t eat actual bottomfeeders, including catfish or anything that should be purged before processing... so islamos can eat any crustacean, mussel, oyster, etc?
Really? It's not that much more than hamburger lately. I have it at least an average of once a month, then again, about half of that are lobster I get myself.
I agree. It's like when your company does their big annual "holiday gathering" and serves the epitome of the traditional Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and all the sides. Never understood that either.
Few years ago when I was in Maine lobster was cheaper than hamburger.........probably still is at the wholesale level.
It’s the middle level distributors and restaurants that make a killing on it.......
I think she has a pair of blue ones, she wore out the pink ones.
With Michelle there do you really think there will be leftovers?
ROFL Yes he does. No one can’t escape the Donald even the Usurper and his Wookie
I thought Michele already ate all the available lobster in Maine and Massachusetts. Is her chef now buying overseas ?
And do these pigs ever eat anything other than lobster and filet mignon ?
Really? It’s not that much more than hamburger lately. I have it at least an average of once a month, then again, about half of that are lobster I get myself.
Um, I’ll have the lobster for 300 and give the check to
Obama.
I hope they caught it from the Potomac. We must only eat locally grown food. /sarc
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