Michelle the Menu Maven

americanthinker.com ^ | 9-14-10 | Jeannie DeAngelis

[Justaham]

The woman who’s taste-tested every flavor of ice cream from Maine to Spain is out dictating gastronomical edicts to the National Restaurant Association. With the help of Cass Sunstein, the First Lady of BBQ has decided to “nudge” Americans towards what she thinks kids should be eating because, God knows, parents and restaurateurs haven’t a clue.

The same woman who ordered hot fudge sundaes while eating her way across the North and Southeast of America is now “plead[ing] with restaurants to take a little butter or cream out of their dishes, use low fat milk and provide apple slices or carrots as a default side dish on the kids' menu.” One can’t help but wonder whether Sasha would have agreed to being prodded toward carrot-flavored frozen skim milk in lieu of the “melon and raspberry” ice cream concoction Mom purchased for her on the notorious Spanish “private mother-daughter” trip.

Part time nutritionist, full time First Lady Michelle believes restaurants need to “rethink the food they offer and reformulate their menus to help combat childhood obesity.” Wonder if Michelle felt led to speak to the chef at Stewsman’s Lobster Pound, in Bar Harbor, Maine, about revising the menu. It was at the “Pound” that Michelle and Barry scarfed cholesterol-laden crustaceans while the girls devoured baskets of shrimp, which the menu described as “locally netted …cooked up crispy with Cole slaw, French fries and tartar sauce.”

[madison10]

Hipp-o-crit.

[twhitak]

I’m 6’4” tall, and I’ll bet Michelle weighs more than I do. She’s not telling me what to eat.

[Liz]

Their first night in Spain, Michele and the rest of the US delegation had tapas that included sea bass tartare, strawberry gazpacho and sardines, followed by a main course of lobster with seaweed risotto.

The meal cost about euro50 ($66) a head.

She has also been showered with gifts, including cheeses and a cured ham.

[Ronin]

Just remove from the Carte du jour everything except that which bears the Michelle Obama official stamp of approval.

I wish there WAS an Obama "official stamp of approval". It would give me a perfect way to identify things to boycott.

[libertarian27]

Excellent article!
Tasty, like a big piece of Chocolate Cake (with ice cream-of course)

[GOP_Lady]

"I simply turn on the Golden EIB Microphone and share my honest passions and beliefs with people. And they're free to go elsewhere. They're free to ignore; they're free to believe; they're free to be entertained, I don't care. They're free to do whatever they want. But a lot of people aren't free to smoke cigarettes where they want; they're not free to drink where they want; they're not free to eat the kind of food they want to eat; they're not free to eat trans fats; they're not free to drive certain places. Pretty soon we're going to be told what kind of cars we have to drive. I can't cause that. I can't restrict anybody's freedom. We've elected a guy who can, does, and wants to, all under the guise of saving us. So I appreciate the effort, and I appreciate somewhat losing my temper here. But don't compare me ever to an authoritarian who thinks so little of people that without him they can barely breathe on their own. Don't ever do that." LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT! If one cannot understand Rush's words above, then one does not truly understand FREEDOM!

[silverleaf]

the fat kids and welfare moms (which is most of the obvious obese in my community) don't eat out much in restaurants that use real butter and cream, michelle

let wookie confine foodstamps to paying for carrots and apples and let's see the fur fly

[Califreak]

>Their first night in Spain, Michele and the rest of the US delegation had tapas that included sea bass tartare, strawberry gazpacho and sardines, followed by a main course of lobster with seaweed risotto.<

Sea bass tartare? I wouldn’t be able to keep a mess like that down for even 5 seconds.

Yuck!

[bicyclerepair]

She really should wear sleeves so she doesn’t look like a man.

[FrankR]

[jla]

She has also been showered with gifts, including cheeses and a cured ham.

LOL - Most gals would want flowers and something made locally, a broach perhaps?
But, I'm sure MO was pleased as punch to receive the ham 'n cheeses.

[jla]

RE: the ham and cheeses.

LOL - I bet she took it back to her room and woke up in the middle of the night and had a snack.

[GailA]

[mewzilla]

Cube-steak Americans vs. the Wagyu-beef White House

[hal ogen]

This buffoon (moochelle) needs to take her own message. Stop eating so much, lard ass!

[nascarnation]

Liberals have perfected hypocrisy.
The MSM overlooks it at every point.

(Did you know John Boehner is an evil smoker? Sure you did.
Baraq? not so much)