Every once in a while (decade) I get a hankerin? hankern? hank'rn? for something other than fries. And it's usually something really weird. Read a story recently about a fairly known Elvis action that got me thinkin about a giant sandwich called the "Fool's Gold" that was made by a no longer existent restaurant in Denver called "Colorado Mine Company" (stupid name for a restaurant).
You can google "Fool's Gold Loaf" if you want all the details but the short version is that Elvis wanted this sandwich one night during a party at his cottage in Memphis so he flew his private plane (along with the party goers) to Denver to get it. The 2 things that disturb me about this whole affair are chiefly what the sandwich is (you'll see in a bit) and that the dang thing cost $49.95 in 1976! That would be like $250 today. Idiotic!
Sooooo...the sandwich is a giant loaf of bread, a whole jar of peanut butter, a whole jar of blueberry jelly, and ONE WHOLE POUND OF BACON. If you're thinking that sounds disgusting, you're right. For some reason I accidentally grabbed sugar free blueberry jelly when I was buying the stuff so sue me. Also I used 2 pounds of bacon on accounta 1 pound didn't really look like enough.
First you hollow out one side of the loaf and toast it lightly.
Then you add the jelly.
Then the PB.
Finish with a 2-pound sprinkling of bacon.
All done! Holy cow. Ruler and obligatory fork for scale.
The Grunion was amused/disgusted (mostly cause he doesn't like jelly and how dare I ruin a perfectly nice snack with that crap).
I served it to my brunch guests with a single dried out baby carrot.
And 500 napkins. Because this thing makes a huge freakin mess. Oh and a Diet Coke to counter the calories. Hey who ate the carrot?
They say Elvis ate this by himself. I shudder to think about how much speed/cocaine/assorted pills/monster energy drink it would take for someone to be able to eat this whole thing.
It is gross on a level that is hard to describe. The torrent of sugar makes your teeth grit and grind. 9,000 calories of sheer disgustingness. One of my test tasters ate a slice of it and vomited in my yard about 15 minutes later. The stomachache I got from it was formidable and lasted 2 hours.
Do not eat this sandwich. Even with fries.
