Shalala
2010-05-04 04:10:04 UTC
Grazieee in anticipooo (:
EATING THE ELVIS PRESLEY WAY
There are more than 400 books about Elvis Presley. There are books about his music, his films, his life, his death, hs religion- and his food. There is Presley Family Cookbook, The Elvis Presley Cookbook, Elvis' Favorite Recipes, and now Eating the Elvis Presley Way. What makes this book different? To begin with, this is not a cookbook. You can find recipes here, but this book is the story of Elvis's life. It is the story of the food that he ate and people who cooked it for him. And an extremely interesting life it was, too.
The food in the first two or three chapters is quiet normal- baby food, boring school dinners, army meals when he was doing his military service, that sort of thing. But later, when Elvis was rich and famous, it is a very different story. Whith all the money in the word, Elvis chose to eat like a child. Elvis got up late and his first meal of the day was breakfast at five o' clock in the afternoon: bacon and eggs, or sausage and eggs. After that, it was snacks: pizza and hot dogs, hamburgers and fries, chocolate and cakes all day and every day. Elvis even had a fridge in his bedroom for his favorite snacks. As the years passed, Elvis' eating problems became really serious. One day, when Elvis was going to the White House to meet the President, he was feeling a bit hungry and ate 250g of chocolate and then 12 donuts in his taxi. Another time, he ordered a large ice cream for breakfast. He ate quickly, ordered a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth before falling asleep again. Elvis' last meal before he died was four scoops of ice cream whith six chocolate cookies.
Elvis was extremely unhappy man. His food and drugs that he took made him feel good, but killed him in the end. It's a fairly sad story, but a fascinating one, too.