When they were done, they flew back to Memphis without ever leaving the airport.

Presley invited the pilots of the plane, Milo High and Elwood David, to join them. They spent two hours in the hangar eating the sandwiches, washing them down with Perrier and champagne. When they arrived at Stapleton International Airport 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. Kennedy and Pietrafeso were friends of the owners, so they were driven to the Memphis airport and boarded Presley's private Convair 880 jet, the Lisa Marie, and flew the two hours to Denver. Presley had been to the restaurant before, while in Denver. The three began discussing the sandwich, and Presley decided he wanted one right then. On the night of February 1, 1976, Elvis Presley was at his home at Graceland in Memphis, entertaining Captain Jerry Kennedy of the Denver Police Department and Ron Pietrafeso of Colorado's Strike Force Against Crime. Elvis Presley connection ĭavid Adler's book contains a detailed account of the event that made the Fool's Gold Loaf sandwich famous. The specific type of preserves was allegedly Dickinson's blueberry preserves. Īccording to Andurlakis, he personally served Presley the Fool's Gold Loaf with bacon, peanut butter, and blueberry preserves on a loaf of French bread. The loaf is sliced lengthwise, hollowed out, and filled with peanut butter, grape jelly and bacon. 1 pound (450 g) of sliced bacon is fried in oil until crisp and drained. The Fool's Gold Loaf begins with a loaf of French (which can also be substituted with Italian) white bread that is covered in two tablespoons of margarine and baked in the oven at 350 ☏ (175 ☌) until brown. The recipe has been repeated by numerous sources, including The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley and Andurlakis, a chef at the Colorado Mine Company. At the time of Presley's visit, it cost $49.95 (equivalent to $257 in 2022). The sandwich was named to fit the restaurant's mining motif.

Andurlakis said that he personally delivered the sandwiches to Presley on the night of his visit. Īccording to Nick Andurlakis, he helped create the sandwich while he was a chef at the Colorado Mine Company and suggested the dish to Presley. Wood writes that Presley obtained the recipe from the Scotts so his personal chef could make it, but noted that 'the Fool's Gold Loaf never made a recorded encore'.

According to Graeme Wood, it was created by Cindy and Buck Scott, owners of the Colorado Mine Company restaurant.

There are two accounts on the origin of Fool's Gold Loaf. The story became legend and the sandwich became the subject of continued media interest and part of numerous cookbooks, typically focused on Presley's love of food. According to The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley, Presley and his friends took his private jet from Graceland, purchased 22 of the sandwiches, and spent two hours eating them and drinking Perrier and champagne before flying home. The sandwich's connection to the singer Elvis Presley is the source of its legend and prolonged interest. It consists of a single warmed, hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with the contents of one jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, and 1 pound (450 g) of bacon. Fool's Gold Loaf is a sandwich made by the Colorado Mine Company, a restaurant in Denver, Colorado.

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