Elvis Loaded His Fridge Up With His Favorite Greasy Food

It's no secret Elvis Presley had a big appetite. The King of Rock 'n Roll notoriously loved rich, fried foods. Among the King's favorite indulgences, he liked homemade biscuits swimming in butter for breakfast, and his favorite pound cake was also a buttery confection calling for a half-pound of the dairy product. Another greasy staple on the Graceland shopping list, which Elvis had his staff keep well-stocked in the fridge, was bacon.

Whether he was eating the pork product with a half-dozen fried eggs and some homemade biscuits or all by itself, Elvis couldn't get enough. Some say he favored burned bacon, while others report he simply liked it very crispy. Whichever way it was, he ate it a lot and in various configurations, including allegedly keeping a bowl of the crisp meat on his piano for snacking. He enjoyed chowing down on bacon-wrapped meatballs, known as Elvis' Party Meatballs, or layered up inside a BLT sandwich. Even in his young days, the rocker could put away a hefty amount of food, and just one meal might consist of two BLTs, eight cheeseburgers, and three milkshakes. The singer also loved peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwiches, and his cook doubled up on the bacon-ness by frying the bread slices in bacon grease.

Among the star's favorite bacony foods, most infamous of all was Elvis' affinity for a dish called Fool's Gold Loaf, which featured a full pound of bacon. The creation yielded enough servings for eight to 10 people, but the King reportedly loved it so much that he ate whole loaves of it by himself.

Elvis Presley was first introduced to Fool's Gold Loaf at a Denver, Colorado, restaurant called Colorado Mine Company, which was frequented by various celebrities, including Clint Eastwood and fellow singing stars The Monkees. Accounts of the exact recipe vary, but a Colorado restaurateur, who said he originally served Elvis the sandwich while working at Colorado Mine Company as a teen, stated the item featured a loaf of sourdough bread filled with peanut butter, Dickinson's Blueberry Preserves, and a pound of bacon.

Other accounts say the sammie was made from a loaf of Italian bread sliced down the middle and greased up with margarine. Each bread half was hollowed out to collectively hold an entire jar of peanut butter and a whole bottle of jelly, along with the fried bacon. Still other accounts report the jelly was grape, and butter was used to grease up the bread. Some say the entire confection was deep-fried, while others hold that it was baked. Whichever configuration is correct, the King was obsessed. Elvis once flew his entire entourage to Denver, Colorado, in the middle of the night to buy one of the sandwiches and satisfy an intense craving for the hefty treat.

Elvis fans frequently indulge in Fool's Gold Loaf or the homemade peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwich version in commemoration of Elvis' birthday. A South Carolina chef named Sean Brock featured some form of P.B. and banana treat every year on the King's birthday, including once turning Fool's Gold Loaf into a boozy milkshake, complete with leftover bacon fat.