Thread: Nancy 'Nanny' Pelosi wussifies House cafeteria menu

Pelosi pushes gourmet menu
By: Josephine Hearn
January 15, 2008 09:10 AM EST

The processed cheese has been replaced with brie. The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles. Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi and buns have been shunted aside in favor of baguettes.

A revolution is afoot at the deli counters, grills and salad bars of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Newly ascendant Democrats may have hit roadblocks on Iraq and fiscal issues, but they have revamped congressional menus, replacing fatty, pre-made foods with healthier, gourmet alternatives. The once dreary congressional cafeterias now abound with haute cuisine.

The menu transformation is part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “Greening the Capitolâ€

I know the producer of the original "Gardenburger." Do they have that? I enjoy it, but get hungry for some actual flesh a few hours later.