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Article: EATING LIKE THE KING ELVIS PRESLEY'S EATING HABITS REFLECTED A CHILDHOOD OF SOUTHERN POVERTY BY DOUG BLACKBURN STAFF WRITER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 13, 1997
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It was a rare day when The King consumed a meal fit for a king.
As a child, Elvis Presley was a junk food addict. And he continued to be so through his final days.
His choice of foods, not to mention his insatiable appetite, are legendary. They would, without a doubt, drive a nutritionist to therapy.
While some of Elvis' culinary habits are well documented, particularly his passion for fried peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches, his fondness for starch and carbohydrates began early in life.
``As soon as he could walk, he could eat his weight in peanut butter and crackers,'' notes David Adler, author of the comprehensive cookbook ``The ...