Woman Who Made Elvis' Favorite Dishes Dies

AP/Newsday ^ | 7-13-05 | Associated Press

[Liberty Valance]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- W. Pauline Nicholson, Elvis Presley's cook, who prepared the King's favorite peanut butter and fried banana sandwiches, died July 7 of cancer. She was 76.

In addition to cooking, Nicholson also worked as his housekeeper and sometimes looked after a young Lisa Marie Presley.

She continued cooking for the Presley family after Elvis died, including last Christmas, when Lisa Marie and her mother, Priscilla, came to Memphis and requested Nicholson cook for them.

[Liberty Valance]

Thank you Pauline...thank you very much.

[socal_parrot]

Pauline has left the building!

[Who dat?]

who prepared the King's favorite peanut butter and fried banana sandwiches,

Yep. Sweeter than all get-out. Early form of pop tart or something.

[oh8eleven]

She continued cooking for the Presley family after Elvis died, including last Christmas, when Lisa Marie and her mother, Priscilla, came to Memphis and requested Nicholson cook for them.
Considering she was 76 years old and dying of cancer why didn't Lisa Marie and Priscilla cook for her?

[Who dat?]

We also used to have "regular" banana sandwiches (not fried or grilled). It'd be bread, mayo, bananas, and iceberg lettuce...

[don-o]

I actually have made the sammitch per the recipe from www.roadfood.com.

I must have done it not up to cook's standards. R.I.P. dear one

[Tuba-Dude]

On a related note, I recommend Earl's in OKC (the original one in Nichols Hills) for some damn good bbq and wings. It's based off the recipes of another one of Elvis's cooks.
http://www.earlsribpalace.com/

(One month 'til my return and fattening-up in the Sooner State)

[Graybeard58]

Good question.

[GVnana]

Thank you Pauline. I hear your black-eyed peas and greens were the best.

[Aetius]

Maybe it violates some tenet of Scientology.

But seriously, she probably wanted to do the cooking. She probably enjoyed it, just so long as they didn't ask her to clean up afterwards.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Isn't "The Elvis" a fried peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwich?

[southernnorthcarolina]

I will admit to enjoying an occasional peanut butter and 'nana sandwich. My version, while it might not qualify as health food, won't kill you: whole wheat toast, crunchy peanut butter, and banana slices -- no mayo, no jelly or jam, and definitely not fried in butter. Believe it or not, it's not a bad breakfast, with a glass of low-fat milk and a mug of black coffee.

[My2Cents]

Did she make the ham sandwich which killed Elvis?....No, wait...That was Momma Cass.

[RightWingAtheist]

[the Deejay]

Considering she was 76 years old and dying of cancer why didn't Lisa Marie and Priscilla cook for her?

Exactly. They should have taken her out to a fine restaurant.

(1) Prissie & LM haven't been able to find the kitchen in the house.

(2) Prissie & LM are witches.

(3) Prissie & LM thnk they are better than anyone else.

[LexBaird]

In related important news, the third cousin of a man who once sold Elvis some chewing gum was hospitalized for prostate surgery.

[battlegearboat]

If Mama Cass had just shared that sandwich with Karen Carpenter, they might've been alive to this day.

[My2Cents]

ROFL. (Should be a tag line.)

[Tax-chick]

I eat peanut butter and bananas on tortillas.

[Liberty Valance]

Believe it or not, it's not a bad breakfast, with a glass of low-fat milk and a mug of black coffee.

Actually your version of Elvis' favorite sounds great.
Smoother than a gravy sammich :o)