I tried eating like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for a day one left me feeling full and happy, the other bludgeoned and thirsty
Whose meal has your vote?A food critic took a walk in the shoes of both presidential candidates, eating just as they would for a day — breakfast, lunch and dinner.And like the views of Donald J.
Trump and Kamala Harris, their taste buds couldn’t be any more opposite — aside from some surprise bipartisan support shown for Doritos.“A day of eating like Kamala Harris was confusing at times, but it all came together to leave me feeling full, happy, and well-rested,” Bennett Rea wrote for Food and Wine.“A day of eating like Donald Trump left me feeling bludgeoned, thirsty, powerful, and strangely accomplished,” the author confessed.Before you hit the polls, here’s what to know about the politicians’ choice of meals, which Rea demonstrated in online videos.The California senator begins with a mellow bowl of raisin bran and some almond milk, according to Rea, who noted Harris often eats over the sink.
She skips coffee and usually prefers green tea as well.Lunch is where things get a little more interesting.Harris often enjoys Indian-style curd rice with unsweetened yogurt, some salt, pomegranate arils, and some spices.
Other fixins like coriander, green chile, cashews, and coconut oil are often added in.For dinner, the sitting vice president — known to enjoy cooking Sunday meals — reportedly prefers a more dense gumbo.The taste tester made their own at home for the sampling, filling the dish with southern favorites like Andouille sausage, shrimp, chicken, and some New Orleans-style spices.Bourbon pecan caramel cake was for dessert.“The curd rice was creamy and salty, the gumbo was herbaceous and spicy, plus the dessert and tea brought sweetness and floral notes,” according to Rea, who noted, “None of her food lacked punch, either.” “The day was an exercise in power clashing, and even if it started a little rocky, it ended with calm.”The Don is a known lover of fast food — especially McDonald’s, where he recently manned fryers in ...