On His 80th Birthday, Shake It Like Elvis With A Milkshake (2024)

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

An American icon was born 80 years ago today.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALL SHOOK UP")

ELVIS PRESLEY: (Singing) Well, bless my soul. What's wrong with me? I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree.

BLOCK: We're going to mark the birthday of Elvis Aaron Presley with two of his favorite things, music and food. It's a Found Recipes story about the Elvis Presley milkshake.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)

SEAN BROCK: It's peanut butter, banana, some cooked, crispy bacon. And we also used bacon fat and ice cream.

BLOCK: Wait. Did he say bacon and bacon fat? Oh, yes, he did. Sean Brock is the owner of the restaurants Husk and McCrady's in Charleston, South Carolina. A couple of years ago, he told us how he created this milkshake tribute to the King.

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BROCK: So two very ripe bananas, vanilla ice cream, just straight peanut butter, some bacon that has been cooked crispy. And there's also a little bacon fat. You want the bacon fat to be cold and solid. The bourbon is really my touch. A lot of people don't know that Elvis actually didn't drink. It's just something we add in the there for our own personal amusem*nt.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE")

PRESLEY: (Singing) Ah, let's milk it.

(SOUNDBITE OF BLENDER)

BROCK: I don't even want to know what the calorie count is going to be.

(SOUNDBITE OF BLENDER)

BROCK: There you go, the Elvis Presley milkshake. And it has, like, chunks of bacon in it - so good. It's, like, all my favorite things. (Laughter).

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LAWDY MISS CLAWD")

PRESLEY: (Singing) Well...

BLOCK: Sean Brock is a chef based in Charleston, South Carolina. Details on how to make his Elvis Presley milkshake are on our Found Recipes page at npr.org.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

And lest you think we're not calorie conscious, we calculated, made a rough estimate of the calories in that shake. With the bacon, peanut butter, bourbon, ice cream and bananas, it's just under 2,400.

BLOCK: And worth every one.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DEVIL IN DISGUISE")

PRESLEY: (Singing) You're the devil in disguise. Oh, yes, you are. Devil in disguise...

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On His 80th Birthday, Shake It Like Elvis With A Milkshake (2024)

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What is the Elvis Presley milkshake? ›

It's a Found Recipes story about the Elvis Presley milkshake. SEAN BROCK: It's peanut butter, banana, some cooked, crispy bacon. And we also used bacon fat and ice cream.

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What Elvis song was in the movie Men in Black? ›

"Promised Land" was used for the 1997 film Men in Black.

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How to make an Elvis shake? ›

Place the bananas, peanut butter and bourbon in a blender. Add the cooked bacon and 3 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat and blend until smooth, about 45 seconds, scraping down the sides if necessary. Add the ice cream and pulse to incorporate into a smooth shake, about 30 seconds.

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What was Elvis Presley's favorite snack? ›

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Presley's fondness for peanut butter and banana sandwiches is well established; however, bacon is not mentioned in all accounts. A book about Presley and his mother, Gladys Presley, though, says he had "sandwich after sandwich of his favorite—peanut butter, sliced bananas, and crisp bacon".

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Who was the black singer that Elvis sounded like? ›

Otis Blackwell, a Black American singer and songwriter who also settled into the Nashville music scene, wrote "All Shook Up," "Don't Be Cruel" and "Return to Sender," three of Elvis' most famous early recordings, which were sung similarly to how Blackwell had performed them on his demo records.

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Who was the black musician that inspired Elvis? ›

Chuck Berry

Berry was a major source of inspiration for Elvis, and Elvis began singing Berry's songs when his career was just getting started.

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Who was the black singer Elvis admired? ›

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

In reality, she had already hit the ground running in the music genre by the time Elvis got to her music. Even though he profited off her sound, he did acknowledge that he loved Tharpe and was outspoken about how he admired her singing and guitar-playing.

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Why did Elvis shake when he performed? ›

While taking to the stage with Scotty Moore, his guitarist and Bill Black, his bassist, Presley found that he couldn't stop his legs from shaking – being so nervous about performing in front of a paying audience.

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What kind of ice cream did Elvis eat? ›

For instance, Elvis' last supper was actually a snack. The day he died, or reportedly died, he ate two scoops of Sealtest peach ice cream and two scoops of another flavor of Sealtest ice cream.

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What was the pinky thing Elvis did? ›

Among the moments combined into one scene are a Jacksonville, FL, concert where he wiggled his pinky in mockery of a judge's order to tone down his moves, and a 1957 Los Angeles concert where the vice squad filmed him to ensure he wasn't gyrating too much.

Why is it called Elvis Juice? ›

Why is it called Elvis Juice? According to BrewDog this beer is “the absolute king in a world of wannabes”, hence the mention of the king himself. Drinkers can expect intense US hop aromas, combined with gigantic grapefruit notes along with orange and pine.

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