Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney’s favourite meal is a British staple that uses just two ingredients. Down the years we have become accustomed to hearing about the strict and regimented diets of celebrities, but the music legend once revealed his favourite food does not follow that stereotype.
Growing up in Liverpool in the the 1940s and 50s the Beatles star would have likely become accustomed some of the more classic English dishes that had risen in popularity in the post-war era.
As he rose to chart-topping fame as an adult, it was the humble egg and chips from his childhood that stuck with him and has been a staple of his diet ever since.
In fact, in the 1974 book, Favourite Foods of the Famous, Paul joined a whole host of fellow celebs in providing details of their favourite meal.
Adding a touch of humour to the book, he said: “I know this is hardly a Cordon Bleu dish, but it really is my favourite.”
While many will have their own method and preferences for how to put together the delicious comfort meal, Sir Paul’s way of doing things paired one pound of potatoes and two eggs per person. His method says we should begin proceedings by first peeling and slicing potatoes into thick pieces before soaking them in cold water and draining them sufficiently.
Next up, he recommends heating fat or oil before then adding our potatoes into a pan using a sieve or frying basket if available. He then suggests double frying the chips on a higher heat, which will leave them with that added level of crispiness as a result. Once that is done, he says we should simply fry two eggs.
Meanwhile, in a look back to his younger years recently, the Beatles star sat down for a quick Q&A with his daughter, Mary.
After she asks him to name the dish that most reminds him of his childhood, Sir Paul replied: “We used to make these things called sugar butties, (they’re) seriously decadent and not good for you. It was just like bread and butter, but with sugar on it. As kids, as I was ‘I love that’.”
While kids of today almost certainly wont have eaten the snack or even heard of it, the sugar butty (sandwich), as it was referred to in the north of England, was a staple treat for youngsters growing up in the 1950s and 60s.
