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Thomas Jefferson... hear me out.

Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:30 am
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
34907 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:30 am
Dude was responsible for popularizing vanilla ice cream AND mac and cheese in the United States.

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Thomas Jefferson can be credited with the first known recipe for ice cream recorded by an American and likely helped to popularize it in this country.


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Thomas Jefferson did not invent macaroni and cheese, but he is widely credited with popularizing the dish in the United States after encountering similar pasta preparations in Italy and France. While he was fond of the dish, it was his enslaved chef, James Hemings, who trained in Paris and developed the specific "macaroni pie" (a layered casserole) that Jefferson served at state dinners in the early
Posted by Missouri Waltz
Adrift off the Spanish Main
Member since Feb 2016
1299 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 11:00 am to
He also ate tomatoes at a time when people thought they were poisonous.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
74446 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 5:53 pm to
James Madison and his wife Dolly popularized ice cream in the US.

Not Thomas Jefferson.

And that's a memo.
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
5499 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:45 pm to
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He also ate tomatoes at a time when people thought they were poisonous.

But did he put them in his gumbo?
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
16989 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:52 pm to
And Bordeaux wine. His favorite was Chateau Haut Brion.
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
19180 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:26 pm to
True American hero
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