Man has kept Richard Nixon’s halfeaten sandwich for 60 years
Oct 31, 2020 12:13:46 GMT
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Post by masked on Oct 31, 2020 12:13:46 GMT
By Natalie Musumeci September 22, 2020 | 6:49pm nypost.com/
An Illinois man celebrated an unusual milestone Tuesday — 60 years holding onto an old sandwich that former President Richard Nixon once chowed down on.
Steve Jenne, from the small town of Sullivan, was a 14-year-old Boy Scout when the then-vice president made a campaign stop to Jenne's hometown on Sept. 22, 1960.
Ahead of a speech at Wyman Park, Nixon was served a barbecue buffalo sandwich on a paper plate during a cookout and when he was finished, Jenne snatched up the leftovers.
"He took a couple of bites and commented on how tasty, how good it was," Jenne, whose Boy Scout troop was asked to serve as an honor guard for Nixon during the cookout, told the Herald & Review.
"Once he left, I just looked down at the picnic table. Everybody else was gone and that half-eaten sandwich was still on the paper plate," Jenne recalled.
"I looked around and thought, 'If no one else was going to take it, I am going to take it'," he told the news outlet.
With Nixon's half-eaten sandwich in tow, Jenne hopped on his bicycle and sped home to show his mom his unique souvenir.
"I ran in the door and I said 'Mom, I got the sandwich that Nixon took a couple bites out of'; and she was surprised and said 'So, what do you want me to do with it?' So I said 'Freeze it'," Jenne explained.
Jenne's mother, in her infinite wisdom, then wrapped up the sandwich in a plastic bag, put it inside a Musselman's apple sauce jar and stuck it in the freezer, he said.
"And that’s the way it still is today," said Jenne, who now lives in Springfield.
Ever since, Jenne has kept the Nixon-eaten sandwich frozen — and it once earned him a guest appearance on an episode of the Tonight Show with television legend Johnny Carson in 1988.
Jenne even published a book this year called The Sandwich That Changed My Life! about the wacky story.
"As long as I am living, that sandwich will be stored in my freezer in a container that is labeled 'Save, don’'t throw away'," Jenne said.
An Illinois man celebrated an unusual milestone Tuesday — 60 years holding onto an old sandwich that former President Richard Nixon once chowed down on.
Steve Jenne, from the small town of Sullivan, was a 14-year-old Boy Scout when the then-vice president made a campaign stop to Jenne's hometown on Sept. 22, 1960.
Ahead of a speech at Wyman Park, Nixon was served a barbecue buffalo sandwich on a paper plate during a cookout and when he was finished, Jenne snatched up the leftovers.
"He took a couple of bites and commented on how tasty, how good it was," Jenne, whose Boy Scout troop was asked to serve as an honor guard for Nixon during the cookout, told the Herald & Review.
"Once he left, I just looked down at the picnic table. Everybody else was gone and that half-eaten sandwich was still on the paper plate," Jenne recalled.
"I looked around and thought, 'If no one else was going to take it, I am going to take it'," he told the news outlet.
With Nixon's half-eaten sandwich in tow, Jenne hopped on his bicycle and sped home to show his mom his unique souvenir.
"I ran in the door and I said 'Mom, I got the sandwich that Nixon took a couple bites out of'; and she was surprised and said 'So, what do you want me to do with it?' So I said 'Freeze it'," Jenne explained.
Jenne's mother, in her infinite wisdom, then wrapped up the sandwich in a plastic bag, put it inside a Musselman's apple sauce jar and stuck it in the freezer, he said.
"And that’s the way it still is today," said Jenne, who now lives in Springfield.
Ever since, Jenne has kept the Nixon-eaten sandwich frozen — and it once earned him a guest appearance on an episode of the Tonight Show with television legend Johnny Carson in 1988.
Jenne even published a book this year called The Sandwich That Changed My Life! about the wacky story.
"As long as I am living, that sandwich will be stored in my freezer in a container that is labeled 'Save, don’'t throw away'," Jenne said.
