Happy National Waffle Day! Make ’em like JFK
John F. Kennedy was more than just our 35th president. He was a lover of food.
Look no further than his waffle recipe as proof.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum tweeted out his favorite recipe today, because it’s National Waffle Day. In it, he carefully instructs cooks to separate the white of the egg from the yolk before mixing the ingredients. He says the mixture should be “thick and fluffy.”
Get out your waffle iron and cook up JFK’s favorite recipe! #NationalWaffleDay pic.twitter.com/Hf4I34E9Gl
— JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) August 24, 2016
Kennedy would frequently send his waffle recipe to organizers of fundraising cookbooks, according to the JFK Library. But his recipe-sharing didn’t stop there. According to The Boston Globe, when a girl wrote to him asking his favorite foods while president, he sent her his New England fish chowder recipe.
Those on the receiving end of his recipes sometimes showed their appreciation by writing thank you letters like the one tweeted by the JFK Library below. This particular letter was written by Gretta Gould in 1958. She was assembling a cookbook for men and thanked Kennedy for taking time out of his busy campaign for senate to contribute.
JFK would send the waffle recipe to people making fundraiser cookbooks. Here’s a thank you letter he received. pic.twitter.com/FwsZbnR5B2
— JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) August 24, 2016
Happy waffling!
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