“President Eisenhower’s favorite “eatin’ food is thick juicy steak, and next to eating it he likes best to prepare it. The Chief Executive is a skilled steak cook. Following is his favorite recipe: Sirloin tip four inches thick… Put in flat, wide bowl containing dry mixture of salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Roll and rub steak in mixture until thoroughly saturated. Several hours before cooking, build a fire on the ground with basket of charcoal. Keep fire going strong until charcoal has formed thick bed of red hot coals. Forty minutes before serving steak, throw it directly on bed of live coals. Do not use grate, grill or any other device, but put the meat squarely on live coals. Turn steak over several times, but keep it on fire around 35 minutes. Then remove, and slice slant-wise about ½ inch thick.” — Robert S. Allen column, carried in: Chester Times. Chester, Pennsylvania. Thursday, 26 November 1953. Page 6.

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