@cookinwithcongress: Lady Bird Johnson, one of the most famous (and most incredibly named/nicknamed) of the First Ladies. She was a consummate professional. Midcentury food could have dominated her plate, and it certainly took over dessert, but otherwise, what did Lady Bird Johnson eat on a daily basis? Well, it waffled -- some weeks were diet weeks, some were not. And she dieted a good bit, as did Lyndon -- though she was WAY better at it. The southern, Texan foods still make their way into this day of eating though. But that Vogue magazine diet does too, I mean my god, lunch was....well, I'm too weak for that kinda lunch. See for yourself. #USHistory #foodreview #learnontiktok
Cookin’ with Congress
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Friday 02 October 2026 23:49:31 GMT
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Kat :
Why were they so obsessed with HALF a grapefruit
2026-10-03 00:54:33
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capricornaspirations :
To be fair I think that vogue diet also included an entire bottle of white wine
2026-10-03 02:55:13
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JudieFox339 :
You liked the jello because you were starving by that point.😂
2026-10-03 00:26:55
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Catherine Boldt :
She eats like my Grandmother minus the scotch 😅
2026-10-08 22:49:23
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mom :
I always wondered about Walla Simpson, I heard she ate asparagus and black coffee 😩😩😩
2026-10-08 22:49:40
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megan 🏎️✨ :
I think I read a book about the First Ladies where it was said Lady Bird was a total mean girl. Maybe she was just hangry
2026-10-03 02:53:34
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needs-to-stop-looking :
i forgot that ladybird was an actual person and i genuinely thought you meant Hank Hill's dog-
2026-10-03 02:34:51
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Bizee Bee :
ha.. I haven't weighed 114lbs since high school. I don't even think it is possible for me to get anywhere near that weight ever again.
2026-10-03 16:21:27
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Renegumi 🍉 :
ONE EGG AND A CUP OF COFFEE?
2026-10-02 23:58:43
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Kimberbee :
The answer was amphetamines.
2026-10-06 00:00:09
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adrie rose 🎙️📚📝 :
life is way too short to eat like this
2026-10-03 01:46:47
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Elissa E | 📸 & Author :
I tried pickled okra recently and I have never actively spit something out of my mouth until that
2026-10-03 00:03:42
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devanmarsh :
just a side note do they make grapefruit spoons anymore??? remember accidently getting that serrated spoon for my Mac and cheese as a kid. not a good time!!!
2026-10-03 00:07:19
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Frankie 🆘 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🍉 :
That was seriously depressing to look at. Ugh. Poor guy!
2026-10-07 06:57:49
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T.A. :
That was the era where housewives were sipping cough medicine or taking sinus meds that all had the energizer bunny stuff in it... 🤷♀️
2026-10-03 00:40:44
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Dayna Mergenthaler :
That was just being a woman in the 60s. My mom and her mom subsisted mostly on coffee and cigarettes until dinner. They ate one meal a day, and maybe a can of tuna with vinegar on it for lunch if they were starving. Seriously. A can of tuna with red wine vinegar.
2026-10-04 19:37:57
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Emily :
In the words of my uncle “hunger is the best sauce”. That was you with the jello
2026-10-03 00:36:31
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A Cool Ninja :
I'm not over the SINGLE HARD BOILED EGG
2026-10-03 01:04:18
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Devin :
such a flex that you can have grapefruit
2026-10-03 16:17:26
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🅁🄸🅅 🔻 :
my great grandmother had a reputation for not being able to cook well, so she'd be sure to serve any guests she had very late at night, because at that point, even a dry leather shoe would be tasty
2026-10-03 01:42:03
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Laurie - CaliforniaHuntress :
How many calories was this?
2026-10-03 01:11:08
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Haley :
I know so many women who eat Ike this or worse
2026-10-03 05:26:17
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Mow Family :
Yeah I could never be a politician because if I was eating like this, someone is getting smacked with a chair on the daily
2026-10-03 03:25:57
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AlecHolland :
She mentions many times in her writings that she drank her milk with ice cubes. ✌️
2026-10-03 02:47:14
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Netta P :
This is similar to what my grandmother ate. I always hated grapefruit.
2026-10-03 22:47:32
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