Trump meatloaf or Mrs. Trump’s mother’s meatloaf among her favorite dishes

Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 28, 2024. It is a major federal holiday and most businesses and stores are closed on this day.

Is meatloaf on your Thanksgiving dinner menu? If so, consider making Donald Trump’s mother’s meatloaf.

The dish, considered one of the president-elect’s favorites, is topped with traditional tomato sauce and is best when served with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy, according to an article on One for the Table : Food, Politics and Love.

The recipe for “Donald Trump’s Mom’s Meatloaf” – also called “Mrs. Trump’s Meatloaf”, “Trump’s Mom’s Meatloaf”, “Trumploaf” and “Trump’s Favorite Meatloaf” on Pinterest and other online recipe sites – call for two pounds of ground beef, a Spanish onion, red pepper and green pepper, among other traditional dishes. meatloaf ingredients. The site says the recipe was submitted by Donald Trump.

In a December 2017 Palm Beach Post article, society columnist Shannon Donnelly, who covered Trump and his life in Palm Beach for years for the Palm Beach Daily News, said her favorite meal was: a cocktail of crab meat to start, then Mrs. Trump’s. Meatloaf (his mother’s recipe) or ground steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.

In a March 2024 article, the owners of Ruth Ann’s Restaurant in Columbus, Georgia, told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspaper that they created a meatloaf dish inspired by Trump’s mother’s meatloaf. The restaurant was on the list of possible campaign stops in June 2023.

Mary Heisey, owner of Ruth Ann’s restaurant, told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that “the staff was prompted to prepare a dish the former president liked when it was announced that Trump would be appearing at the (2023) convention of Georgia GOP in Columbus.” However, Trump never visited Ruth Ann’s house: he ended up visiting a Waffle House instead.

Since Trump wasn’t coming to Heisey, Heisey decided to go see him. She went to the Waffle House with a piece of meatloaf from Ruth Ann’s Restaurant, told him she made her mother’s meatloaf and gave it to the former president. The moment was filmed and went viral on that there is no mention of meatloaf. former president or his mother.

To see Donald Trump’s mother’s meatloaf recipe, click on this article One for the table.

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