Peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich

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Peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich
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Alternative namesElvis sandwich, the Elvis
Type Sandwich
Place of origin United States
Created byUnknown, but associated with Elvis Presley
Main ingredients Sliced bread, peanut butter, banana, bacon

The peanut butter and banana sandwich (PB&B), or peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich (PB,B&B), sometimes referred to as an Elvis sandwich, the Velvet Elvis, or simply the Elvis, is a sandwich with toasted bread, peanut butter, sliced or mashed banana, and occasionally bacon. Honey or jelly is seen in some variations of the sandwich. The sandwich is frequently cooked in a pan or on a griddle.

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The sandwich was made famous as a favorite of the American singer Elvis Presley. The recipe for the sandwich has been published in numerous cookbooks and newspaper stories. [1] It has been sold commercially in restaurants.

Elvis Presley

The peanut butter and banana sandwich has been referred to as a favorite of Elvis Presley, [2] who was renowned for his food cravings such as the Fool's Gold Loaf, a loaf of French white bread filled with a pound each of bacon, peanut butter, and grape jelly. [3] Books on Presley's favorite foods and culinary tastes, as well as other published reports on his taste for peanut butter and banana sandwiches with or without bacon, have made the sandwich widely associated with Presley. It is often referred to using his name. [4] [5] [6]

Presley's fondness for peanut butter and banana sandwiches is well established; however, bacon is not mentioned in all accounts. [7] A book about Presley and his mother, Gladys Presley, though, says he had "sandwich after sandwich of his favorite—peanut butter, sliced bananas, and crisp bacon". Another passage describes him talking "feverishly until dawn" while "wolfing" down the sandwiches (described in this instance as being made with mashed banana). [8]

A news report suggests that, based on renditions of sandwiches named after him, Presley ate his with caramelized bananas and crispy bacon on grilled Hawaiian bread, and grilled by his mother or his cook in bacon fat.[ citation needed ]

Variants

The PB&B sandwich has had numerous variations, many of which were billed as "Elvis Presley's" or owing to "Elvis" himself. Hamburgers done Elvis style have become increasingly popular in the United States as well. [9] Nigella Lawson of the cooking show Nigella Bites featured "Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich" in a 2007 episode that was made of white bread, butter, a banana, and peanut butter. [10]

Another cooking show, Sara's Secrets, featured the "Elvis" with the Peanut Butter & Co.'s recipe, which includes 8 slices of bread, butter, a banana, peanut butter, 12 slices of bacon and honey. [11]

A variant on the sandwich is the peanut butter banana club sandwich, which combines the sandwich with a club sandwich by adding lettuce, brown sugar and lemon juice. [1] Another version of the sandwich, which added honey and substituted bacon bits for bacon strips, was sold under the name The Memphis at the now-shuttered "all peanut butter sandwich" restaurant P.B. Loco. [12]

The sandwich has also been featured in a cookbook for canines in The Everything Cooking for Dogs Book. The book suggests alternative fillings including sweet potato, carrots, pumpkin, and apples. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Peanut Butter Sandwich Takes on a New Zest". St. Petersburg Independent. September 7, 1983. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ Sietsema, Robert (August 14, 2007). "Hunka hunka burnin' bacon". Salon.
  3. ↑ Smith, Liz (November 10, 2002). "Ain't Nothin' but a Chow Hound". New York Times . Retrieved May 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ Dunn, Brad; Daniel Hood (2004). New York: The Unknown City . Arsenal Pulp Press. p.  99. ISBN   978-1-55152-161-9.
  5. ↑ "The Elvis". Food Network . Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  6. ↑ Zalben, Lee; Jerry FRW Seinfeld; Theresa Raffetto (2005). The Peanut Butter & Co. cookbook: recipes from the world's nuttiest sandwich shop. Quirk Books. p. 36. ISBN   978-1-59474-056-5.
  7. ↑ Examples of the sandwich sans bacon are easily found; gossip columnist Liz Smith provides one: Smith, Liz (2005). Dishing: great dish—and dishes—from America's most beloved gossip columnist . Simon and Schuster. p.  41. ISBN   978-0-7432-5156-3.
  8. ↑ Dundy, Elaine (2004). Elvis and Gladys. Oxford: UP of Mississippi. pp. 227, 256. ISBN   978-1-57806-634-6.
  9. ↑ "Elvis Burger - Tasty Peanut Butter & Banana Burger [Recipe]". Burger Artist. October 29, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  10. ↑ Lawson, Nigella. "Elvis Presley's Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich". Food Network. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  11. ↑ "The Elvis Recipe". Food Network. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ Seftel, Howard (January 12, 2006). "P.B. Loco". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  13. ↑ Fortunato, Lisa (2007). The Everything Cooking for Dogs Book. Everything series. Adams Media. p. 190. ISBN   978-1-59869-431-4. OCLC   125403481.[ permanent dead link ]
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