Story by Jaclyn Tripp
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — On Nov. 5, there’s more at stake in this country than the fate of democracy. An epic election night presidential food battle between Kamala Harris’ cornbread dressing and Donald Trump’s beloved Mar-A-Lago turkey burgers will surely be an election night conversation starter.
If you have friends and/or family members who will hunker down on election night and watch the election results with you, they will undoubtedly get hungry.
In 2022, our mid-term election recipe ideas included Jackie and John F. Kennedy’s waffles, Jimmy Carter’s peanut butter pie, Barack Obama’s chili, Ronald Reagan’s mac & cheese, the Bush family’s deviled eggs, and Bill Clinton’s chocolate chip cookies. But if you missed the article, do not despair. You can still read it in the link below.
But if you want recipes custom-fitted to the 2024 presidential election, keep reading.
The Commander in Chef
Kamala Harris’ cornbread dressing and Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago turkey burgers are the perfect recipes to serve on election night in November. So for a few hours on election day, before the results begin pouring in, forget about the same-ole’-same-ole’ political “debates” that have been disgruntling Americans for generations and start bickering over which of these presidential candidates’ recipes should earn them the title of Commander-in-Chef of the United States.
For a fun twist, make both recipes and let your guests know you’re serving one from Mar-a-Lago and one from Harris’ kitchen. But don’t tell them which is which! You can ask your guests to vote with their forks to determine our next commander-in-chef and tell them the results after dinner.
Try not to giggle too hard when your pro-Trump friend accidentally picks Harris’ recipe or vice versa.
Then again, life is short, and laughter is a superb way to dissolve political tension.
Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago turkey burgers
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallion
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
- 3 granny smith apples
- 1/8 cup canola oil
- 4 lbs ground turkey breast
- 2 teaspoons chipotle pepper sauce
- juice and zest of one lemon
- 1/2 bunch parsley
- 1 3/4 cup pureed chutney
- salt and pepper (2 tbsp. each)
- Anju pear
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup dried currants or raisins
Directions
- Saute scallions, celery, and chopped apples in canola oil. Cool.
- Add ground turkey, pepper sauce, lemon juice, salt, pepper, zest, parsley, and chutney.
- Shape into burger patties and refrigerate for a few hours.
- Grill until the meat is cooked.
- Toss your diced pears, cinnamon, and sea salt onto a parchment-covered cookie sheet for your pear chutney. Bake for 10 minutes at 350. Cool.
- Add pear and currants or raisins.
- Serve chutney alongside burgers.
Kamala Harris’ cornbread dressing
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted, melted butter
- two packages of Jiffy corn muffin mix
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound spicy pork sausage
- 2 medium onions, white or yellow
- 2 diced apples
- 4 stalks diced celery
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 2 teaspoons dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- salt and pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 and grease 9×13 pan with butter, then line with parchment paper.
- Mix corn muffin mix, milk, and eggs.
- Place batter in pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool.
- Crumble cornbread into large brown.
- Reduce oven temp to 375 degrees and grease 9×13″ baking dish with butter
- Heat oil in a large skillet. Add sausage and cook for 5-8 minutes.
- The mixture goes into a bowl with cornbread crumbs. Stir.
- Leave the fat in the skillet. Add the onions, apples, and celery and stir occasionally until the apples are almost soft.
- Transfer onion, apple, and celery mix to a bowl with cornbread crumbs and sausage. Stir.
- Add broth, butter, parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Stir.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until top is light brown.
- Serve warm.