Elvis and cooking

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Elvis Presley’s eating habits were nearly as legendary as his career achievements, and no one knew them better than his former cook, Mary Jenkins.



Jenkins and Presley's father, Vernon Presley, created the now-iconic fried peanut butter and banana sandwich that's since become synonymous with the King of Rock and Roll. Together they devised a way to ensure that the bread remained crispy and the interior creamy; the secret is toasting the bread before frying it.

''It'd be just floating in butter,'' Jenkins said of how Presley liked his sandwiches prepared. ''You'd turn it and turn it and turn it until all the butter was soaked up; that's when he liked it."

Mary Jenkins died in 2000.


Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's only daughter, claimed she never saw her father eat the infamous fried peanut butter and banana sandwich that's become synonymous with the king of rock and roll. She debunked the myth in a 2003 interview.

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Nancy Rooks was hired on at Graceland as Elvis Presley's cook / maid in May of 1967. She was there at Graceland on that awful day of August 16th 1977 (the day Elvis died) and continued working at Graceland after Elvis' death. Nancy is the co-author of the book The Presley Family Cookbook (Wimmer Books) and the author of the book Inside Graceland (Xlibris Books).
What was it like to work inside Graceland on a daily basis? What was it like to have Elvis Presley as your boss? We'll let Nancy Rooks tell you all about it.

Q - Whose idea was it to put that cookbook together? Was it your idea?

Nancy Rooks: It wasn't my idea. It was Vester Presley's (Elvis' uncle). I did it really for him and the family.

Q - Vester is no longer with us, is he?

Nancy Rooks: No. All of 'em are gone.

Q - When did he pass away?

Nancy Rooks: Maybe about three or four years ago. *

Q - These recipes in the book are the actual recipes you used to cook not only for Elvis, but for the entire Presley family, correct?

Nancy Rooks: That's right.