Posted on 09/03/2026 8:32:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy had jokes for Vice President JD Vance during the latter’s press briefing Thursday.
The event was the first since former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt exited the post in August.
“I just want to ask you, if there’s been reports about this, but I have not heard you talk much about you lost a ton of weight lately. How much sauerkraut do you eat in a day?” Doocy asked.
Vance appeared caught off guard by the question.
“Oh my lord, okay. So when you’re the vice president of United States and one of the first questions at a press conference in the White House is how much weight you’ve lost, you must have gotten very fat, that’s one thing that I take from that question. So I’ll tell you a little story,” he answered.
Vance continued:
So every Lent I try to — I’m a devout Christian, I try to take it very seriously. So I try to do some kind of self-denial. And so I was talking to my wife on Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, and I was like, I think I’m going to give up sugar, and I think I’m going to give up social media. Okay? So if I want to tweet something, I tell these guys to tweet something for me and otherwise I try to stay off social media. So I call Bobby Kennedy. And I’m like, I know you’re really into health. I’m thinking about giving up sugar. What do you think? And Bobby Kennedy says,’No, no, no, I got something that’s way better than that and way more intense’, and basically it’s like yeah, a lot of high protein stuff and I a lot of sauerkraut, and let’s just say that if that was Fat Tuesday, fat Wednesday never came. So, my advice to you is if you want to lose weight, call Bobby Kennedy. If you want to enjoy what you eat, do not call Bobby Kennedy.
The White House debuted a new food pyramid from U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in January. His version places “Protein, Dairy and Healthy Fats” alongside fruits and vegetables at the top, and lists steak, turkey, and salmon as potential protein choices.
Watch the above via Fox News.
Sauerkraut will clean you out.
American Sauerkraut is nothing like real German Sauerkraut. I hated Sauerkraut until I went to Germany and had the real stuff!...............
American Sauerkraut is nothing like real German Sauerkraut. I hated Sauerkraut until I went to Germany and had the real stuff!...............
The real stuff is Polish “Kapusta”.
“American Sauerkraut is nothing like real German Sauerkraut.”
Never able to stomach more that a bite or so.
Too pungent and sour.
Dumped on sausages, can go a bit more.
Wife loves the stuff
Hmmm… I guess I’m not going to call Bobby Kennedy.
Sauerkraut and kimchhee. Both really good for your gut.
You’re reminding me that I should make roast pork, sauerkraut and dumplings with homemade gravy sometime soon. My grandma used to make this for dinner on special occasions. It’s a keeper recipe!
“Who like pierogi,we like pierogi, we like gumpti too”
Smacznego!
If it can’t be washed and is natural (the type recommended) does it kill people like lettuce and fruits?
Latest list has blueberries and lettuce and other things.
https://www.cdc.gov/foodborne-outbreaks/outbreaks/index.html
Gesundheit.
We just spent a week in the Rhineland and you are right! It’s really good.
Did you do by letting Tucker off his back? Might now be favoring Rubio.
In 1970’s there was a little German bar pub near our apartment in Belmont Heights Long Beach Ca on Broadway. The owners were an older couple. Wife German bride to WWll vet who was a light weight boxing champ back in the day. Great place to go for a Brat and Sauerkraut…also German potato salad. All home made by the German wife. It was so great and easy on the pocketbook.
I like making Reuben sandwiches on marble rye with Boar’s Head sauerkraut (yes, it’s fermented), Swiss cheese, corned beef and Thousand Island dressing grilled on my George Foreman grill (perfectly cooks them).
That’s where I really enjoy sauerkraut. I also like it cooked in a crockpot with real Kielbasa and new potatoes.
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