Aside from clam chowder for lunch, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum doesn’t name the former president’s favorite dishes. Instead, it gives a sample of foods President Kennedy was known to enjoy. For breakfast, he might have poached eggs, crisp bacon, or orange juice; for dinner, lamb chops, baked beans, corn muffins, and white meat turkey were popular choices.
But the library has also archived many requests that John and Jackie Kennedy received over the years from those interested in their favorite recipes. One woman, Ruth Blackford, asked for recipes for a “Democratic Cookbook” she was assembling. Another woman, Martha MacBride, wanted to know the president’s favorite casserole. He had to disappoint her on that score — Kennedy wrote back that he didn’t have a favorite casserole recipe. But he and Jackie both responded to several of these letters by including a recipe for waffles.
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The recipe, which has appeared in several versions across many cookbooks, was one Jackie Kennedy liked to make for her family. Per Irish Central, they’re made with cake flour and either milk or buttermilk. To that, add 2 eggs, a pinch of salt, and a ½-cup of butter, with more butter to follow after cooking in a waffle iron.
