"Waiter, this steak doesn't taste like ash. Please tell the cook to put it in for another hour."

Explanation: The American Civil War General US Grant (very auspicious initials for an American leader, certainly) was a pretty gentle soul at heart, noting even that as a young man that he disliked hunting for sport. Despite this, he oversaw some of the most brutal battles of the Civil War. That nature and that experience likely contributed to his noted tendency during his later years to prefer his steaks extremely well-done, with any amount of red juice from cutting into it making him sick to his stomach.

Poor fellow.