I’ve always loved Elvis. He deserved a better wife than that girl-child he brought back from Germany!
To celebrate Elvis’ birthday this year, I searched for info on his favorite foods.
Elvis loved good down-home cooking like what his mother served him as a child. His tastes never strayed far from Southern-style cooking. Grits, black-eyed peas, ham and bacon, fried chicken, cornbread, mashed potatoes and homemade country gravy were just a few of his favorites.
Elvis did not like exotic or foreign foods. Most of the foods he consumed were basic hearty foods, the type Southern women cooked daily for their families.
At Graceland or at his home in Beverly Hills, Elvis specified what should be kept on hand in the kitchen. Must-haves included fresh lean ground round, hamburger buns, rolls, pickles, potatoes, onions, fudge cookies, assorted fresh fruit, canned sauerkraut, mustard and peanut butter. His refrigerator also contained at least three bottles of milk or half and half, thin-sliced lean bacon, vanilla and chocolate ice creams and freshly squeezed orange juice. Pepsi, Nesbitt’s Orange and Shasta Black Cherry were his favorite soft drinks.
When the King was in residence at Graceland, also on hand were ingredients for his favorite snacks — brownies and banana pudding. Both were made daily by the kitchen staff.
Elvis made the fried peanut butter and banana sandwich famous. He called it a “peanut butter and ‘nanner’ sandwich.” He would ask that they be prepared for him at all hours of the day and night. I could do that for you, Elvis.
