President's Preferred Sliced Roast Beef (mentioned — S01E19)

A verbally cited portion of thinly sliced, cooked meat preferred by the President, described but never physically represented in the narrative.

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Purpose

Serves as a desired meal component or sandwich filling intended for the President's lunch.

Significance

Functions as a conversational conduit that humanizes the President, exposes staff hierarchies and caretaking authority, and catalyzes Mrs. Landingham's protective rebuke and Charlie's smoothing of tensions.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E19 · Let Bartlet Be Bartlet

Salad vs. Sovereignty: Charlie Buffers Mrs. Landingham

Sliced steak (and 'roast beef') are mentioned as examples of the sandwich the President would prefer; they function narratively to emphasize his ordinary, everyday wants and to make the rebuke feel domestic rather than political.

Before: Not present; discussed as imagined sandwich fillings the President would enjoy.

After: Remain unserved and unchosen; the salad stands as the served meal and the alternatives are rejected in practice.

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