Special collectors' edition Elvis memorial post

The legendary Hardee's Monster Thickburger - 1,420 calories of All-American goodness. Why not upgrade to the meal combo with medium fries (520 calories) and a soda (about 400 calories)? In the words of Hardee's CEO - "This is a burger for young hungry guys who want a really big, delicious, juicy, decadent burger. I hope our competitors keep promoting those healthy products, and we will keep promoting our big, juicy delicious burgers."


For devout fans of Americana such as myself a visit to Graceland is the equivalent of a smack addict mainlining 100% pure heroin. The only baking soda in the needle being that, for perfectly understandable reasons, the upstairs bathroom is completely off limits

Is this an authentic picture of the Bathroom of Doom?

Of the many treasures we brought back from our magical visit our favourite has to be the Official Presley Family Cookbook (now available from Amazon UK). For a while after my return from Graceland I was inspired to set about the ambitious task of eating every single recipe in the book

but I gave up about a third of the way through because I was afraid I would die




I can only use the word genius to describe how the book manages to sneak big dollops of vegetable oil, lard or margarine into virtually every single dish, not matter how gratuitously...




The real mystery about Elvis' death is how the poor bastard managed to live as long as 42 years

Anyway, I asked Herbie the Hedgehog to pick out his favourite recipe in tribute to the 30th anniversary of the passing of The King. Even though it was a very difficult decision to make, with lots of astonishing and life-expectancy reducing choices on offer, he finally selected the classic cheeseburger sandwich...




Good choice Herbie

And whilst celebrating the man and his music this week may I recommend a couple of sites...

Bloggers on the Run currently features a post on 'The Church of the Militant Elvis'. I freely admit to not having the faintest fucking idea what that's all about but I enjoyed the illustrations that accompany the post immensely, especially this one...



Junkfoodnews.net - no need to read any of the articles, just scroll through with the pagedown button and treat yourself to a virtual tour of the latest and greatest in processed convenience food products. I almost went hyperglycemic just looking at them




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NB! Tucked away by way of a footnote in the Wikipedia entry on Elvis there is an explanation that once and for all puts to rest the conspiracy theories that are based on the Fact™ that the name on Elvis' tombstone is not Elvis' real name and therefore proof that he is not really buried there...




Presley's genuine birth certificate does actually say "Elvis Aaron Presley" (as written by a doctor). There is also a souvenir birth certificate that reads "Elvis Aron Presley." When Presley did sign his middle name, he used Aron. It says 'Aron' on his marriage certificate and on his army duffel bag. Aron was apparently the spelling the Presleys used to make it similar to the middle name of Elvis's stillborn twin, Jesse Garon. Elvis later sought to change the name's spelling to the traditional and biblical Aaron. In the process he learned that official state records had always listed it as Aaron. Therefore, he always was, officially, Elvis Aaron Presley. Knowing Presley's plans for his middle name, Aaron is the spelling his father chose for Elvis' tombstone, and it is the spelling his estate has designated as the official spelling whenever the middle name is used today. Interestingly, his death certificate says "Elvis Aron Presley".

Well, that's settled then

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A Youtube clip of hard-hitting news documentary The Day Today including a report on the ultimate in Elvis tribute executions...




followed by this exchange of comments underneath...



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