Reply #3: I always asked the guest of honor what he or she would prefer

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and planned accordingly.

I fed hot dogs, scratch baked beans and cornbread to some corporate muckey-mucks from the UK who pronounced them exotic and delicious. They'd requested a typical American meal, so I thought it appropriate to give them what mothers cook when the money runs out at the end of the week. And yes, I did tell them what they were eating.

The Obamas are classy people and I'd expect them to have inquired beforehand.