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[L Verge]

(08-03-2014 08:12 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 09:42 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Once you get the book, you can solve this riddle on the forum: How did someone describe Mr. Lincoln's method of eating an apple? Very different from what most of us do...

I haven't received the book yet, but in Donald's "Herndon" which I'm currently about to finish (excellent book IMO!!!), I came across the following quote from a letter Herndon wrote to Isaac Arnold on Oct. 24, 1883: "Mr. Lincoln was exceedingly fond of apples and fruits generally -: he ate apples peculiarly - he clasped his finger - fore finger, and his thumb around the Equatorial part of the apple - the stem end being toward his mouth: he never peeled apples - peaches - pears &c." (HA, I never do either! The rest is indeed peculiar!!!)

That is pretty much the way it is described in the AL In The Kitchen Book.

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Has there ever been a description of Lincoln's hands as to size, texture, large knuckles, etc.?

On a side note, but related to food, have y'all seen the new Burger King commercial where they are changing the $5 bill? The Lincoln photo is now holding two BK burgers.