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President Ulysses S. Grant's Favorite Way To Liven Up Rice Pudding By Erica Martinez Oct. 26, 2025 11:20 am EST

America's 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant, didn't grow up in opulence in his hometown of Georgetown, Ohio, where his family operated a tannery. Grant spent most of his time raising horses on his father's farmland. He enrolled in the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1839 and had an impressive military career before winning the presidency in 1869. Grant hired an army cook to be his chef at the White House, likely because he'd spent the entirety of his career eating meals prepared by such cooks. His wife, Julia, however, quickly replaced him with an Italian chef whom she saw better fit to cook the opulent feasts that she and her husband would soon

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