When The Beatles traveled to India in 1968, Ringo Starr made sure to pack a lot of food. Starr has a multitude of food allergies that limit his diet. He worried about having his food choices out of his control while training with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. As a result, he packed an entire suitcase full of beans.
Ringo Starr brought a full suitcase full of this food when The Beatles went to India
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The Beatles attended a seminar on transcendental meditation in 1967. They decided to further their education in 1968 with a trip to visit the Maharishi in India. George Harrison had the greatest interest in meditation, but his bandmates all joined him. Harrison took note of Starr’s packing choices.
“John came, and Paul came after him, and then Richard [Ringo] followed with fifteen Sherpas carrying Heinz baked beans,” Harrison said in The Beatles Anthology. “There was also the world’s press; I pretended to be asleep all the way to Delhi so I didn’t have to talk to them.”
Starr explained that his allergies — which prevented him from eating foods like onion and garlic — would keep him from eating anything. As a result, he took something he knew he could eat.
“The food was impossible for me because I’m allergic to so many different things,” he said. “I took two suitcases with me, one of clothes and the other full of Heinz beans (there’s a plug for you).”
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Luckily, he didn’t have to stick to an all-bean diet while there.
