Today I want to talk to you about Bacon. Now this is rather difficult as there isn’t very much you can say about Bacon, except that it is one of the best meats available. (I mean who doesn’t like Bacon!! Apart from you, yes you the one that is going to complain about the poor pigs. Circle of life this is all.)

So, back to Bacon. Apart from being absolutely delicious, there are many wonderful meals you can create using bacon. So, we are going to talk about those.

First on the list is The Fools Gold Loaf, what is The Fools Gold Loaf you may ask, well it is a sandwich made famous by the King of Rock & Roll himself, Elvis Presley.

Elvis was known to enjoy The Fools Gold Sandwich that much that he and 2 of his friends flew in his private jet (called the Lisa Marie) from Memphis to Denver.

Between them they ate 22 Fools Gold Loafs while drinking champagne and Perrier before flying back to Memphis 2 hours later.

The Fools Gold Sandwich was created by The Colorado Mine Company restaurant and it consisted of a loaf of sourdough bread, a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jelly (Jam in the UK) and a pound of bacon.  Somewhere down the line Banana was added to the recipe and that became known as The Elvis Sandwich

The loaf was cut in half and the bread scooped out, then the peanut butter and jelly was lathered all on the inside of the loaf, then the cooked bacon was added. The Fools Gold Loaf is huge me and 2 of my friends wouldn’t get through one let alone 22!!

The Elvis Sandwich is basically the same: just using 2 slices of toasted bread, cooked bacon rashers, peanut butter, jelly (jam) and sliced banana. Now this I could tackle myself.

You can get the full recipe by clicking here

And just to finish off here is a few facts about Elvis that you may not know:

1: Elvis had a twin called Jessie who died at birth

2: Elvis was born Blonde and dyed his hair in later years

3: He had a black belt in karate  

4: He has been welcomed by 5 Halls of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Country Music Hall of Fame, The Rockabilly Hall of Fame, The Country Music Hall of Fame, and the R&B Hall of Fame.

5: Elvis was just 22 when he bought Graceland for around $100.000, it was already named Graceland by the previous owner.

6: Believe or not Elvis couldn’t read music and didn’t write any of the 600+ songs he recorded. Even though he is listed on some songs as this was demanded by his record label.

7: Elvis got his first guitar on his eleventh birthday 8^th January 1946.

8: His first film was Love Me Tender in 1956.

9: Elvis drove a delivery truck for Crown Electric based in Memphis. Before becoming the King of Rock & Roll.

10: Priscilla was just 14 years old when she met Elvis, he was 24 years old in 1959. They married on the 1^{st of} May 1967.