Today I have an awesome PB Elvis story for you.  Are you excited yet??  Ha!  Buckle up.

The story begins…

”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.”

Now what exactly is ‘the sandwich’ these men were referring to?  No, no.  Don’t guess.  I’ll just tell you: the Fool’s Gold Loaf, a PB Sammy specialty of The Colorado Mine Company. I’ll get to that later.

Let’s continue,

“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 Buck Scott, the owner of the Colorado Mine Company, 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.”

Ummm…are you WOWed yet?  I know, right!?!  This story rocks!!

So what exactly IS this Fool’s Gold Loaf anyways?

“This extravagant, artery-blocking sandwich consisted of an entire loaf of bread, hollowed out, spread thickly with (an entire jar of smooth) peanut butter and (an entire jar of) blueberry jelly and filled with a pound of crisp fried bacon…The tab for the ‘King-sized’ expedition? About sixteen thousand dollars.”

What I love so much about this story is how evident Elvis’ love of PB Sammy’s are!!  (Mixed with his love of free spending )

Now, go ahead.  Try to make your own Fool’s Gold Loaf at home like these guys.
I dare you. But please, don’t forget to send me pictures afterward!!!

Ingredients:

-1 loaf of warmed, hollowed out white bread (fried in bacon grease if you’re going all out PB Elvis style )
-1 jar of blueberry jelly or grape jelly
-1 jar of Krema Creamy PB
-1 pound of lean, crisp bacon

Yikes!  Does your stomach hurt yet??

♥ Kimberly

Sources : wikepdia and epicurian.com