We're lucky he didn't poison the Chinese president
by digby
Recall this pathetic Mar-a-lago spread for reporters last Christmas:
Oooh, they also got this:
I'd be careful of that mayo in the future. The roast beef too:
Of course the kitchen at Mar-a-Lago is disgusting. As a businessman, President Donald Trump made his name by hawking products and services that sounded glitzy and fabulous but were actually very bad. (See: Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Airlines.) So it makes perfect sense that the restaurant at his so-called “Winter White House” is no different.
The Miami Herald on Thursday published the most recent inspection reports from Mar-a-Lago’s kitchen, which show 13 violations, including some that are just plain dangerous. Some highlights:
▪ Fish designed to be served raw or undercooked, the inspection report reads, had not undergone proper parasite destruction. Kitchen staffers were ordered to cook the fish immediately or throw it out.
▪ In two of the club’s coolers, inspectors found that raw meats that should be stored at 41 degrees were much too warm and potentially dangerous: chicken was 49 degrees, duck clocked in at 50 degrees and raw beef was 50 degrees. The winner? Ham at 57 degrees.
▪ The club was cited for not maintaining the coolers in proper working order and was ordered to have them emptied immediately and repaired.
In other words, not only is it ethically gross for a president to be hosting foreign leaders at his own resort, it’s also generally gross too.
I've wondered about that before. Trusting Trump's cheesy kitchen to feed foreign dignitaries seems like a big risk. Of course he wants to roll back all regulations including meat inspections and the like so I'd guess we're going to be seeing a big spike in food poisoning everywhere. His resort is just the tip of the iceberg.
Speaking of state dinners, I've had better menus at cheap weddings held in airport conference rooms:
No word on what brand of ketchup and tartar sauce they served on the side.
For contrast, here's the menu the Obamas offered at Xi's last visit in 2015:
America is awash in foodiness these days with a lot of creative innovation. They could have done a celebration of "American food" that didn't look like it was put together in 1976, just like Trump's worldview.
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