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(08-03-2014 09:12 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  
(07-25-2014 10:42 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.

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.
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RE: Something New - L Verge - 06-28-2014, 01:18 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 06-28-2014, 08:53 PM
RE: Something New - PaigeBooth - 06-29-2014, 10:02 PM
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RE: Something New - Linda Anderson - 07-04-2014, 04:37 PM
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RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-21-2014, 08:42 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-21-2014, 09:55 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-22-2014, 08:04 AM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 03-29-2015, 06:35 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-22-2014, 01:19 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-24-2014, 08:26 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-24-2014, 09:55 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-25-2014, 05:53 AM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-25-2014, 05:58 AM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-25-2014, 12:06 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-25-2014, 06:12 PM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-25-2014, 10:42 PM
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RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-27-2014, 08:47 AM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-27-2014, 02:40 PM
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RE: Something New - PaigeBooth - 07-28-2014, 10:41 AM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-29-2014, 03:36 AM
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