Posted on 01/08/2009 11:42:15 AM PST by potlatch
"The King" has been gone for more than 30 years, but that hasn't stopped fans from gathering to celebrate his birthday each year - often times by chowing down on one of the "Hound Dog" crooner's favorite foods: peanut butter".
He was religious, loved his family dearly and served his country. I do blame much of his trouble on ‘all his handlers’. They took advantage of his generosity at times.
Actually Cark Perkins was the first to suffer, he had a car wreck that kept him from capitalizing on his hit song Blue Suede Shoes.
He came back (and died after Elvis).
Johnny Cash had his problem with pills too.
Yes, at least one New York paper has a “hunka, hunka burnin’ love” for a “whole lotta” peanut money just to the south of them.
Never heard of it. When I have time I’ll have to look it up!
Well, I wrote scripts to some of his great movies, so there!
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The recipe One entire loaf of italian bread is coated with two tablespoons of softened butter. The bread is placed in a 350 degree (F) oven for approximately fifteen minutes or until loaf is browned. The loaf is then halved along its length on one side. The soft inside of the loaf is scraped away to allow room for the filling. One whole jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, and a pound of lean bacon, fried crispy and still warm, are layered inside the loaf.
Elvis Presley and the Fool's Gold Loaf On the night of February 1, 1976, Elvis Presley was at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee entertaining Capt. Jerry Kennedy of the Denver Colorado police force, and Ron Pietrafeso of Colorado's Strike Force Against Crime. The three men began discussing the sandwich and Elvis decided he wanted one right then. The Mine Company was a five-star restaurant known for its rip-roaring parties and as the 'place' to be seen at the time. Elvis had been to the restaurant before while in Denver. Kennedy and Pietrafeso were friends of the owners and hung out there often, so they were driven to the Memphis airport and boarded Elvis's private jet, the Lisa Marie, and flew the two hours to Denver. When they arrived in Denver at 1:40 AM, the plane taxied to a special hangar where the passengers were greeted by the owner of the Colorado Mine Company, Buck Scott, and his wife Cindy who had brought 22 fresh Fool's Gold Loaves for the men. They spent three hours in the hangar eating the sandwiches, washing them down with Perrier and champagne. Presley invited the pilots of the plane, Milo High and Elwood Davis, to join them. When they were done, they flew back to Memphis without ever having left the airport.
Bump to that!
Carolyn, I meant to ping you to post #35.
Unfortunately, those films are lost and we are left with the rest of his movies.
~LOL~ thank you.
Thank you Ern, that is really an interesting story and I had never heard it before. Fool’s Gold Loaf sandwiches and champagne!
The rich always indulged themselves, lol.
That’s a nice gif Beth, thanks for posting it!
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