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As discussed in other reviews in Celebrity Cooking Magazine, some First Ladies, former and present, are juicier than others. While viewed by some as cold and bloodless, our editors believe that this former First Lady, Senator, and Presidential hopeful offers a marvelous array of culinary possibilities. As a bonus, this is one of those cases where the item that is usually second-billed emerges to take the spotlight; cabbage taking the lead from corned beef.

While the carcass is somewhat older than prime, the meat to fat ratio seems well managed. We are left with an impression of general firmness, but would not be surprised if certain cuts have become overly tough, even indigestible.

 Several of our editors are of the opinion that this particular Clinton should be treated in the manner of poultry, perhaps squab, a faintly gamy roasting hen, or dove of slightly questionable pedigree. It is likely that selected cuts would serve for variations on Coq au Vin, Northernized Fricassee, and stewed hen.

 More traditional Celebrity Cooking methods are also quite likely to work well, Clinton filling in for beef, veal, pork, or even such exotics as venison or buffalo with appropriate adjustments to spicing and the amount of cooking time needed to achieve the New Hampshire standard of tenderness. That may well be the issue with this ingredient, and we are of two minds on this; willing to believe that Clinton would become forkable and toothsome, and yet unwilling to make predictions as to how it will behave. Some methods could be considered surefire since they have some track record; jerked and pulled, for instance, or roasted and frozen out.

 The taste is admittedly not for everyone, but there is hope for wide appeal; many New Yorkers who showed initial repugnance at the idea of a Hilary diet over time came to accept and even enjoy it, choosing it over Obama in a recent taste test. We could be perfectly happy with Hilary, but we'd be delirious over Obama.
 
Rating: 4 Forks – 3 if muscle tone is too altered by excessive hardball and mud-slinging.

Course advice: Most useful as an appetizer when small portions of the most tender cuts are presented; soups will be thick, somewhat contradictory, and likely to cool quickly; a guaranteed hit for those who want something different but are not adventurous enough for the ‘new meats’.

Recipe Suggestions: Pork balls; 90’s Beef Rehash; Southern Style Yankee Pot roast; Mock Lamb Chops; Health Carrot Stew.

Substitutions: Bill Clinton for more meat and the attendant risk of uncertain results; Loretta Lynn for regional tastes.

Beverage suggestions: Older white wines (New York); mock Juleps; Bubbaweiser

Warnings: Certain to be indigestible to neo-cons, Fox News credulons, Reagan fetishists, and ‘family values’ voters who believe that a woman should always stand by her man except in her case.

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