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UConn football's head coach has a fettuccine alfredo recipe from JFK

Random, but apparently true: UConn football coach Bob Diaco has a recipe for fettuccine alfredo that came from President John F. Kennedy.

I don’t think the majority of Americans knew that JFK had a famous fettuccine alfredo recipe, or that it had been passed down. But in a recent Campus Rush interview, Diaco explained how he came to own it:

Jim Hayes, who’s a world-renowned lawyer, is a great, great friend. He went to Loras College, a small Jesuit school in Iowa and was president of student body. When JFK was campaigning, doing the Iowa caucus, he did a speech at Loras College. All the finite details, I’m not sure of. But the speech ended and Jim, JFK, the monsignor of the school and another priest find themselves hungry. And there’s no place to eat, but they do have access to the cafeteria. JFK says, “You know? How about I cook you guys my Fettuccine Alfredo recipe?” Jim Hayes is taking diligent notes of this moment, and then he taught me.

An Italian kid from Essex County, N.J., all I ever consumed was Italian food. You figure I’ll get my fettuccine recipe second-generation from JFK.

When asked for some insights into the recipe, Diaco provided this reply:

There’s a couple of things, but I think the main thing to talk about is the Alfredo is made and put together and built structurally with the pasta. You make an Alfredo, you boil the pasta and you incorporate the two. Even if you incorporate the two in a pan rather than pour it into a bowl, it’s still separate. This Alfredo is entirely built as the pasta finishes cooking. So, they kind of really cook together. There’s one other ingredient that I’ll have to leave as a secret.

The mystery makes it sound even more delicious.

(Thanks to Dr. Saturday for sharing.)

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