Bad News, Canadians, I Think President Obama Lied to You
Dear Canadians, you were so excited about President Obama's visit yesterday, I almost hate to tell you this.
Remember how, on his way out of Ottawa, the president stopped at a market to buy the local delicacy known as the Beavertail — a wad of sugary deep-fried dough?
Seventeen-year-old Jessica Miller, an Ottawa high-school student and a big Obama fan, was tasked to deliver the treat to the president, who told her he'd be eating it once he got home to Washington later this evening.
This is Barack "Sixpack" Obama's M.O., taking delicious treats from supporters and claiming he'll eat them later. Hark back to the campaign trail…
At Schoop's Hamburgers, a diner in Portage, Ind., he munched a single french fry and ordered four hamburgers—to go. At the Copper Dome Restaurant, a pancake house in St. Paul, Minn., he ordered pancakes—to go. (An AP reporter wondered: who gets pancakes for the road?) …Reporters joked that if he ate a single bite of burger or pancake once the doors of his dark-tinted SUV closed, they'd eat their BlackBerrys.
At the risk of being charged with revealing state secrets, Canadians, there is no way Barack Obama ate his snack "once he got home." Your Beavertail met its end in a trash bin aboard Air Force One. Sorry.
ps. Don't worry, I'm sure he meant everything he said about keeping trade channels open. That is, unless you start frying your exports.
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[...] Seriously? The guy who works out six days a week, the guy who lied to our No. 1 trade partner about eating their fried dough? [...]
[...] Seriously? The guy who works out six days a week, the guy who lied to our No. 1 trade partner about eating their fried dough? [...]
It is Ottawa snack sold on the Rideau Canal for years. It's served hot. From what I remember about the last time I was on the canal in winter…the weather was really cold(-30) and windy, after several hours of skating outside I was imagining myself in movies like 'Alive'. Then I remember urgently sending text messages to my doctor asking if I would need some hypothermic melting surgery later in the week, because the botox in my face was completely frozen. At that point the beaver tails were looking good!
"Fried Beaver Tail?"
Never before have I even heard of such a "delicacy" as fried Beavertail, and I am a long-lived Canadian. It certainly is not a typical or common Canadian dish. Must be some kind of local Ottawa aberation. One hopes the US media does not assume from this strange interlude that Canadians wolf down such a revolting-sounding concoction. 'Would not be surprised if they do, tyhough. After all, CNN reporters referred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as being part of the Canadian Army — which it is not. The RCMP is an entirely civilian organization, Canada's federal police force.
I'll bet someone ate it. I wonder if I could get a job on his staff eating all the junk food he's given! Yum.
Hella funny as usual. Who can blame him for not eating that friend garbage. You have to be polite though and play the game. Although, the kids might have eaten it, but probably not. I know I wouldn't either. Fried beaver tail? Just the name of it is revolting.
On the eve of his first foreign visit, Canadian Tourism shot some videos of Canadians welcoming Obama to Canada. They're worth a look!
Welcome to Ottawa, President Obama!
What should President Obama do in Ottawa?
What should President Obama know about Canada?