A White House Soup Song

The morning of the Jan 10  New Hampshire Republican Primary,  Chuck Todd informed us on The Daily Rundown that the White House Soup of the Day was Loaded Potato.
“Starch up”, suggested Chuck Todd,  “it’s a big primary night.”  Jan 11 was the first anniversary of  the 9 am news  programme and if  one got addicted to it , getting to know the Presidents through the soups slurped at The White House during their stay,  had a good deal to do with it.
On the day of the Broccoli Cheddar, Chuck reminded us that In the Poppy Bush White House, it would never have been on the menu….
Remember,  President George H.W. Bush, had declared during a news conference, “I do not like broccoli. I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it, and I’m President of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli. The media had also read into this demonstration  of his  assertiveness to the American public .
The Obamas hate beets, but the reason beet soups don’t figure is probably because even the chef hates it…….one day  Chuck Todd will let us know . Whether Mitt Romney likes his beets will become known if he makes it into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue  this November. If he is beeten by Obama, then its bye-bye beets till 2016…….. If unbeeten, I wonder if Chuck Todd , or his viewers will still be interested in the  Romney White House soups. Unlikely.
It’s not always about the Prez.  The White House Soup of the Day can be a commentary on  what’s going on across The Pond- Greek Lentil Stew.  Last month, this had Chuck  pondering,  ““This isn’t a good euro day, or we could be talking about how the soup and the news are somehow intertwining,” he said .
Sometimes the soup doesn’t impress Chuck.  He doesn’t care for the “starchy ones” like loaded potato, I  suspect, or he really relishes it, but would rather desist, on health grounds.  He groans when  humdrum tomato-based soups feature too often- like Roasted Red Pepper And Tomato,  or Tomato Bisque. He loves a Gazpacho on a warm summer day,  and  approves  the hearty  Chicken Noodle Soup.
However,  with  a source called Deep Broth apparently spilling the beans over presidential soups , the chefs have gotten more creative offering exotic-sounding soups like  Wild Rice vegetable, Coconut Crab.  The Sweet Potato with Coconut Milk – Too much of a sweet thing?  Chuck Todd wonders.
A soup a day, each week, all year.  Time enough to go from soup to nuts. So let’s soup up!
I wish I had kept a diary of  The White House Soup of  The Day. But  I guess Chuck Todd will probably do the book , once the 2012 elections are behind us. May be I can start from today.  Also it will be most interesting to see when Mulligatawny, and Rasam-as-soups enter the menu…….probably when a Pattar-at-heart chef  breaks into the WH kitchens…….