The Swamp over at the Chicago Tribune reprinted the menu for the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of
the White House:
Display of Seasonal Raw Vegetables with Assorted Dips
Three Colors of Tortilla Chips with Guacamole and Bean Dip
Taquito Bar
Crisp Bibb Lettuce and Cucumber Salad with Helen Corbitt Poppy Seed
Dressing
The Ultimate Potato Salad with Juniper and Buttermilk
Steak Fry with Homemade Barbeque Sauce on the Side
Garlicky Fried Chicken
A Pile of Grilled Shrimp
Rodeo Corn-on-the-Cob
Grilled Heirloom Fried Tomatoes
Mexican Confetti Rice
Toasted Jalapeņo Blue Corn Bread served with Honey Butter
Peach and Blackberry Cobbler with Vanilla Ice Cream
Lemon Daisy Cupcakes
Texas Bluebell Ice Cream Cones
Decorated Sugar Cookies
Am I the only person who looks at that menu (tortilla chips, taquitos,
Mexican rice, jalapeņo blue corn bread,…) with a certain amount of irony
in light of the fuss recently raised over immigration?