The Willard Hotel

[Laurie Verge]

I wonder why they chose Mock Turtle Soup in the Washington-Maryland region that was known for its Green Turtle Soup? Mock Turtle is an English soup made with all sorts of disgusting innards to simulate turtle. Green Turtle Soup is made from real turtles that were very prevalent in the Chesapeake Bay regions. I have seen 19th-century recipes on how to make the soup from scratch. Trust me, I would never eat either the Green or the Mock variety!

Also, I believe that it's a Lincoln story from the Willard, but isn't there a mention of Lincoln forgetting his bedroom slippers and the one of the Willards borrowing his father's slippers for the President-elect to use?