Though strongly associated with peanuts, former president Jimmy Carter also enjoyed other Southern staples like collard greens, sweet corn, and peach ice cream. White House chefs are obviously some of the best in the country, but Carter still put in a special request with them to see if his tastes could be accommodated.

A member of Carter's staff was sent to ask White House chefs if they could cook country food, to which they replied, "Yeah, we've been cooking that kind of meal for the servants for the last 20 years" (via Oprah.com). That wasn't the only time that chef Henry Haller would be called upon to prepare Southern-style cuisine.

Carter called upon White House chefs to cook a meal of roast buffalo, suckling pig, and barbecued chicken when Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira visited in 1979, and wanted an American barbecue. The press dubbed the event "barbecue diplomacy,” since the visit involved weighty diplomatic discussions.