George Harrison Loved This 4-Ingredient Sandwich So Much, It's Accidentally in One of The ...

There’s something so interesting about learning what food celebrities enjoy after a long day filming a movie, performing a concert for thousands on stage, or on the road and away from home. And it seems like a lot of them can’t get enough of sandwiches. Julia Roberts loves a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with sour cream and onion chips, George Clooney’s favorite is a ham, lettuce, tomato, and mustard toasted on potato bread, and Kate Winslet loves a classic grilled cheese.

Everyone has their go-to, but the lead guitarist for The Beatles, George Harrison, loved a sandwich so much that it's forever memorialized in a studio recording.

George Harrison's Favorite Sandwich

The Beatles have many iconic albums, but one of the most celebrated is "The Beatles," aka the White Album. And on one studio recording, Harrison can be heard placing a lunch request before counting into the legendary song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

He asks for a cheese, lettuce, and Marmite sandwich, as well as a cup of coffee. If this sounds appealing to you, it's pretty easy to make. All you need is your choice of cheese, two slices of bread, lettuce, and Marmite, a thick, dark brown food spread that’s basically a very concentrated yeast extract that was first established in the U.K. in the early 1900s.

The Marmite and cheese create a salty, savory taste—with a slight crunch thanks to the lettuce. You can toast your bread to help the Marmite melt, play around with the flavors and textures of different types of cheeses, or even add in your other preferred sandwich toppings.

While the sandwich is not on the official cut version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," food has definitely appeared in several Beatles' hits, from "marmalade skies" in "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" to "Savoy Truffle." And Harrison’s fellow bandmate, Paul McCartney, more recently wrote a riff about soup. McCartney and his wife, Linda, made a cameo on "The Simpsons" in the episode "Lisa the Vegetarian," where they were supporting Lisa Simpson’s decision to stop eating meat.

As a vegetarian himself, McCartney’s character said "Linda and I both feel strongly about animal rights. In fact, if you play 'Maybe I’m Amazed' backwards, you’ll hear a recipe for a really ripping lentil soup!" While this isn’t true, McCartney decided to record himself reading a lentil soup recipe, which was then dubbed over "Maybe I’m Amazed” backwards," and played at the end of the episode.

So, if you can’t resist a soup and sandwich combo, Harrison's Marmite sandwich and McCartney’s lentil soup would make quite the pair.

Source: Sydney Wingfield/allrecipes.com