PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITE FOODS

George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) Pork rinds with Tabasco

The elder Bush’s fondness for fried pork rinds with Tabasco sauce came to light in March 1988 during a profile of his presidential campaign in Time Magazine. According to a New York Times article in 1989, “when Mr. Bush expressed a taste for pork rinds, sales jumped 11 percent and he was ordained ‘Skin Man of the Year’