• Did you know that F.D.R. liked to eat moose meat with grape jelly?
  
• Did you know that an inaugural ball for William Henry Harrison featured an 800-pound cake in the shape of the U.S. Capitol?
  
• Would you like the cake recipe that Mrs. Lincoln used when Abe was courting her?
  
• Would you rather have the recipe for Eisenhower's beef stew or Abigail Adam's Apple Pan Dowdy?

Mamie Eisenhower's Million Dollar Fudge

Ingredients:
12 ounces semisweet chocolate bits
12 ounces German sweet chocolate, broken into bits
1 pint marshmallow cream
pinch of salt
1 can (13 ounces) evaporated milk
4.5 cups sugar
2 cups chopped walnuts (or pecans)
2 tablespoons butter

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine both types of chocolate, marshmallow cream and salt. Put milk and sugar in a large pot. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook, stirring mixture over the chocolate. Add nuts and butter and beat until the chocolate is melted and the fudge is creamy. Pour into buttered 9"x9" pan and let cool at room temperature for a few hours before cutting into squares. Store in an airtight container. Makes about 5 pounds of fudge.

Historic Note:
President Eisenhower was so fond of this desert that he named it "Mamie's Million Dollar Fudge." It is still worth every calorie! The first Halloween party in the White House was a luncheon held in 1953. Witches, pumpkins, ghosts and black cats decorated the halls and State Dining Room. Mamie even put orange light bulbs in the chandeliers.