Posted on 11/15/2008 4:32:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge
(CNN) The global economy may be undergoing a significant downturn, but the White Houses dinner budget still appears flush with cash.
After all, world leaders who are in town to discuss the economic crisis are set to dine in style Friday night while sipping wine listed at nearly $500 a bottle.
According to the White House, tonights dinner to kick off the G-20 summit includes such dishes as Fruitwood-smoked Quail, Thyme-roasted Rack of Lamb, and Tomato, Fennel and Eggplant Fondue Chanterelle Jus.
To wash it all down, world leaders will be served Shafer Cabernet Hillside Select 2003, a wine that sells at $499 on Wine.com.
The exceedingly pricey wine may seem a bit peculiar given leaders are in Washington to discuss a possible world financial meltdown, but Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for Laura Bush, said it was the most appropriate wine that we had in the White House wine cellar for such a gathering.
McDonough also said the White House purchased the wine at a significantly lower price than what it is listed at.
Of course the White House gets its wine at wholesale prices, she said. Given the intimate size of the group, it was an appropriate time for The White House to use this stock.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Shafer Hillside Select is a very good and well known Cabernet from Napa. It did not cost the White House anything even close to $500. 2003 was an excellent year and the stuff has become a collectors item. If they bought it when it was released in 2004 or 2005, they probably paid about $100 a bottle.
When I was growing up, “Dinner and a Show” meant McDonald’s and Hawaii Five-O.
Let them eat matzo!
Or, corn pone drizzled with bacon grease.
Maybe white rice, mixed with tomato sauce.
Fresh mustard greens on the side.
Wash it down with nice hot mug of chicory.
‘twould help keep’m centered.
Give it a break... CNN! FGS!
We are hosting world leaders... they should send out for Subway?
This is but more of the Obmaapropaganda machine slamming the Bush Admin....
Wake up and look at what the media is spoon feeding you.
I ate a fine breakfast, lunch and dinner today... those posters quoting Marie Antoinette are trolls.
Get real... they are setting the stage and you are taking the bait.
Putting on the dog, while the peasants starve is so, so Third World. Catsup soup, and Mulligan stew is more than good enough for the pretentios, worthless bastards.
Cake to Ms. Antoinette was actually the burned part of the bread scraped off the bottom. Not nearly as nice as it sounds.
The worst trait of Liberals is Hypocrisy.
Only if the bags are recycled. Waste not, want not.
Nobody on this board had any trouble taking the UN “leaders” to task for their extravagant meals a while back at the conference on “the world food crisis”, so what is different about this, other than W’s hosting of it?
And therein lies the problem: F'n ELITISTS.
We pay, they play; and we're not supposed to resent it?
BS.
YOU GET WITH IT!
That is what the 'rats want. The masses dependent on government. Relying on meager hand-outs, while they live like royalty.
So, you are just as upset at president Reagan right?
He had similar if not more sumptuous dinner parties at the
white house.
personaly Bush should have cancelled the meeting to save cash because we all knew the other 19 is waiting to deal with Obama
BUT on the flip side what were we to give the 19 leaders of the world a double cheese burger, fries, & a coke
We are not “commoners”; we are the bill paying CITIZENS.
It was that snobbish attitude, which sounds very much like a sucker at the public trough statement...about mid-level public tit sucker... who would like nothing more than to move up to the next rung of ‘servicing’ the public.
Wow that sounds great !
One of my favorite dinners is to add old bay spice to a little olive oil, then stir in a couple pounds of shrimp. Cover and place in fridge over night. Make a cold pasta salad with ranch dressing. Next day skewer the shrimp, grill em and eat the hot spicy shrimp with the cold pasta salad !
Great stuff , simple to fix and chased with a cold beer or Sun Tea !
I am out of here for the nite !
Ya’ll Stay Safe and Keep the Faith !
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