Okay, the Elvis sandwiches do sound a little daunting, fried peanut butter and banana sandwich and the legendary fool’s gold loaf (which for the purposes of not wanting to give myself a heart attack I have decided to limit to a sandwich size, just two slices of bread).

The Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. To be honest it actually smelt a little good, which is only to be expected considering they use peanuts when cooking satay.
it was greasy, with the butter on the bread and the butter I used in my fry pan it definitely was to much, so in the event I should ever do this again I’ll probably use a sandwich press or jaffle iron (for those of you outside of Australia a Sandwich press) if I was looking to cut down on the amount of butter that I was using, though I have to admit cutting back on the butter might not be the best idea because the fluffiness of the fried bread was something that I really enjoyed .
The peanut butter (I used a crunchy dark roast) went a little runny and I actually got some on my shirt, but combined with the softness and the sweetness of the banana, this just seemed oddly satisfying. Thinking about this sandwich while writing this review has made me smile.

For those of you who might be interested the sandwich was first made at Colorado Mine Company, a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. The fool’s gold loaf consists of hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with the contents of one jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, and a pound of bacon. The connection between Elvis and the Fool’s Gold Loaf is that On the night of February 1, 1976, Elvis Presley and two other men who had been discussing the sandwich took Presley’s private jet and flew two hours to Denver’s Stapleton International Airport at 1:40 AM, the plane taxied to a special hangar where the passengers were greeted by Buck Scott, the owner of the Colorado Mine Company, and his wife Cindy who had brought 22 fresh Fool’s Gold Loaves for the men. They spent two hours in the hangar eating the sandwiches, washing them down with Perrier and champagne. After the meal the men flew back to Memphis.

Of the two sandwiches the fool’s gold sandwich was the messier of the two sandwiches, when I was done eating my shirt had earned a trip to the laundry. The warmth of the bacon had made things very runny.
For the record, considering I had already used crunchy on my other sandwich, I didn’t use smooth and I used plum jam because it was the first thing that I grabbed when I was in the spreads aisle while shopping yesterday.
My Fool’s Gold Sandwich (or for those purists out there who have already trod this gastronomic path a vague approximation of a Fool’s Gold Sandwich) wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. Considering three men in 1976 took a plane ride from Memphis to Denver to eat one, I really shouldn’t have been that worried. This sandwich was sweet, salty and delicious.
Would I make myself another one of these sandwiches? I’m not entirely sure, though this would probably be a fun thing to eat with friends while your having a particularly boozy night.

Now, which of the two sandwiches is my favorite? I’d have to say, The Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich, because of the fried bread.