Variety is overrated, according to The King. He did this with the classic combination of meatloaf and mashed potatoes and ate it every day for six months straight.
She told the outlet that Priscilla had previously revealed that The King enjoyed meatloaf and mashed potatoes so much that he ate it every day for dinner for six months. "He definitely was a creature of habit, so if it was made in the South…he liked it," she explained.
He loved meatloaf, mashed potato, fried chicken… mac & cheese. Anything that he grew up on was some of his favourites.” According to The King's cousin Danny Smith on his Memphis Mafia Kid YouTube channel, the star would order “gobs and gobs” of burgers with Krystal being one of his favourites.
He loved food
At the end of his life, he was reportedly consuming 10,000 to 12,000 calories a day – up to five times the recommended intake today.
Unlike many of today's clean-eating celebrities, Elvis was as known for his bizarre diet as his music and signature style. His official cause of death was a heart attack, and at the time of his death, the King reportedly weighed 159 kilograms and ate a mammoth 10-12,000 calories per day.
It's no secret that Elvis, like all the best people in life, loved eating. He had a particular penchant for meat, peanut butter and fried foods, meaning his diet was incredibly rich.
Did Elvis like breakfast? You butter believe it. "For breakfast, he'd have homemade biscuits fried in butter, sausage patties, four scrambled eggs and sometimes fried bacon," Langston told the BBC.
While Elvis is primarily known for being one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century, we can't ignore his namesake sandwich—the one with peanut butter, banana, and bacon all smashed together.
In order to eat 100,000 calories you would have to guzzle down over 11 liters (or nearly 3 gallons) of pure oil. It is physically impossible to eat 100,000 calories in one day.
He ate beef for every meal, said his chef. He ate so many Spanish omelettes that he created an egg shortage in Tennessee. “Rumours also claimed that he once ate 30 cups of yogurt, 8 honeydew melons, and a hundred dollars worth of ice cream bars in one night,” reported Susan Doll, PhD in her book, Elvis For Dummies.
On Elvis' other favourites, Danny said: “He ordered McDonald's, Pancho's Mexican [Buffet] and so many others. “The answer to that is yes he did order from fast foods. Not all the time, but y'know a good portion of the time.” Pancho's was first founded in West Memphis in 1956 and is Tex-Mex all-you-can-eat joint.
Elvis didn't like regular pizza; he demanded specialty pies from Coletta's Italian Restaurant in Memphis. Barbecue pizza. Say what? Yep, Coletta's invented barbecue pizza pie in the 1950s and it was the King's favorite.
The basic element of Elvis' daily food intake was a 30-cm long bread roll, stuffed with bacon, peanut butter and strawberry jam. Each one had 42,000 calories, and in his final days, he ate two of them per day, together with little midnight snacks of hamburgers and deep-fried white bread.
While meatloaf was a big favourite, Elvis would also love to tuck into bacon and mustard sandwiches, fried peanut butter, hamburger steak and crowder peas. His mum's homemade chocolate cake satisfied the sweet tooth in him, as he would want that as often as it could be made.
Elvis' sweet last meal
Elvis' eating habits were characterized by his final meal: Four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies (via Chicago Tribune).
Jesse Feder, Clinical Dietitian, says, “The highest calorie food by volume is oil.
Short-term risks of eating 1,000 calories a day may include dizziness, hunger, gallstones, nausea, fatigue, headaches, and nutrient deficiencies. It can lead to nutrient deficiencies, slow metabolism, and make bones weaker if you exercise along with a low-calorie diet.
Elvis favored classic southern sweets for dessert, and one favorite happened to be pound cake. Not just any pound cake but a particular one. The Sterns say pound cake for Elvis meant a cake baked by his childhood friend, Janelle McComb.
From Sloan's Ice Cream.
On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died of a heart attack. He ate four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies during his final meal. It is well known that he had an inconsistent eating habit throughout his life.
In time, Elvis's gastronomic preferences would become part of the phenomenon. His beloved mother, Gladys, fixed his favorites: fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, burnt bacon, collard greens, cornbread, coconut cake, and chocolate or banana pudding.
Danny Smith admitted: “Elvis wasn't real fond of onions and strong-smelling seasonings.” His father, the star's first cousin, Billy Smith remembered that the singer particularly detested the taste and smell.
Still, there is another meal that Elvis adored: meatloaf. In the Chicago Tribune, Mark Hussman, an Elvis impersonator says, "Elvis ate a lot of Southern food, he loved steak, and he loved meatloaf. His favorite food was meatloaf," explains Hussman.
These frequently craved sandwiches were whipped up by Elvis' personal chef, Mary Jenkins Langston, who worked for music legend for 14 years. In the film, she sheds light on just how obsessed Elvis was with this decadent dish: "If he wanted them in the morning when he woke up, I would have to fix 'em.