You think your family has wacky traditions? You got nothing on William Howard Taft and his possums.
Yes, William Howard Taft went in for roasted Georgia possums.
Each with a potato in its mouth!
George W. Bush ate "morelia-style gazpacho."
Which, it turns out, is not tomato soup but a chopped tropical fruit salad?
FDR was all about oyster stew.
Here's a recipe, if you're into it.
Ronald Reagan always had persimmon pudding.
You can make it too! Here's Nancy Reagan's (housekeeper's) recipe.
Source: washingtonpost.com