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How to Make Andrew Jackson's Shrimp Pie

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His inauguration was one of the biggest ragers Washington, D.C. has ever seen, so it's no surprise that Jackson served a mean punch and yummy shrimp pie.

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The 1828 campaign for presidency was so ugly and bitter you would think it took place in our day and age. John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (nicknamed Old Hickory) went head to head and things got very personal, very fast.

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