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| New England Clam Chowder, recipes below (photo from http://heatovento350.blogspot.com) |
Today
is the final push to get voters to the polls in the New Hampshire primary. Let's talk about the lunch and dinner events
that candidates did leading up to today. Similar to the number of breakfast events
which I discussed yesterday, I counted 41 lunches with campaign staff,
volunteers (Republican Activist), and meet and greet voters' events. I found
about the same number of public and private dinners among them spaghetti
dinners . Among the dinners the First in the Nation Presidential Dinner Cruise
on the M/S Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee looked like a very posh event
for those flush with discretionary money. Coffee with the candidate events served
as the least expensive for campaigns and activist to organize and they seemed a
necessary for gaining support of New Hampshire voters. Candidates met voters
and coffee houses across the state, as well as in private homes. Republican
activist hosted coffees in their homes as a way of convincing voters to support
their candidate. At such events an event an activist host might serve cheeses,
fruits, donuts and/or pastries. Moreover, New Hampshire’s WMUR-TV in
collaboration with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics hosted a “Candidate Café”
held at the Airport Diner in Manchester. The same station held a “Coffee with
the Candidate” series at the Portland Pie in Manchester as well. Napoleon famously
remarked that an army marches on its belly. The same could be said of
candidates and their 2012 March to the White House. Below find a clam chowder
from the Old Salt Restaurant in Hampton one of the stops on the New Hampshire
Primary campaign trail and other related links. Please share your campaign and food stories in the comment section below.
Old Salt Restaurant Clam Chowder Recipe
N.H. Female Voters Weigh In On
Primary Issues: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/09/144888871/n-h-female-voters-weigh-in-on-primary-issues
The Series Stumping And Eating: http://www.foodasalens.com/search?q=Electoral+Politics+and+Food
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