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Meatloaf haters-- take your free-love hippie selves to the tomato or spinach thread.
Meatloaf lovers-- tell us about your encounters with meatloaf.
My current life-goal is to make my own meatloaf one day.
Have you ever made meatloaf? Was it good? What are your secrets? When did you last have meatloaf? What makes a good side-item with meatloaf? With what tomato-based ingredient do you top your meatloaf? Or-- do you use something else entirely to top it, or even NO topping??
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Meatloaf and I first danced when I was a boy. The attraction was immediate. From then on, I'd have dreams on those cold and hungry nights.
My mom made the best meatloaf and the thought of it makes my stomach moan for more. I have no idea what her recipe was since I don't cook (my parents, brothers, sister and wife are all great cooks--I'm just a great customer ).
My wife makes better meatballs than my even my Mom and my sister (who is a chef and graduate of the Italian Culinary Institute of Manhattan, I may add), so I'm trying to convince her to try her hand at meatloaf.
I'm good for at least three slices since I'm still rather glutonnous and in denial about my aging body not getting fat via overeating. So at least one slice I do absoluely no topping, to inhale the deliciousness. I sometimes will do regular ketchup on the next, since like any red-blooded American, I love ketchup. And then I sometimes will use some A-1 steaksauce, which goes with it really well! (A-1 steaksauce should not be used on steaks; yet, its too good not to use on other things).
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I love to make my own meatloaf. However, I don't do the awesome full-fat version my Mom used to make. It had a crispy exterior layer, often augmented with BACON!
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My version is usually lean beef and some ground pork (in a 3 to 1 ratio), augmented with veggies, lots of herbs and then coated with a layer of seasoned tomato paste to keep it from drying out in the oven.
I don't think meatloaf weather will really begin again until late September at the earliest, though. It's not Summer-y food.
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My favorite meatloaf recipe involves mashing a pound or two of ground beef up with an egg and some bread crumbs, and then putting it down in the baking pan and adding a layer of barbecue sauce and mushrooms and cheese, and then another layer of meat, and then another layer of barbecue sauce, mushrooms and cheese on the top, and then baking it.
It ends up greasy (I probably use more cheese than most), so I pour the grease out and let it sit for a bit. I've tried it with croutons and / or garlic cloves baked in, but that's a choice not everyone loves.
More recently, we've mixed beef, pork and whatever, because of an Atkin's fad in the house, and cut out the bread crumbs entirely (and the mushrooms, 'cause of those darn obligate carnivores), but I prefer all-beef and loaded up with mushrooms.
Bacon sounds like it would be an amazing addition, cleome. I can't believe we've never done that, since we generally agree that *everything* is better with bacon...
Meatloaf, lasagna, egg-drop soup and 'breakfast stuff' (eggs, omelettes, french toast) are about the only things I can cook that don't make people run away in terror. My tastes are completely different than other people's, it seems.
I want to make a meatloaf someday with peppers and onions cooked into it, with a beef bourguignon sort of flavor, but I live with an eclectic mix of Atkins carnivores and vegetarians, which pretty much nukes the idea of preparing large meals for the whole family, since I think the only thing everyone will eat is cheese...
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Some people like it cold, in sandwiches, but I like it hot, with HP sauce. My meatloaf is nothing special, though. Just ground beef, lamb & pork with bread crumbs, herbs & spices & onions. Still, it's tastier than my lentil loaf.
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I make one mean meatloaf! It bears a superficial resemblance to conventional meatloaf .... but upon further inspection you'll find that it's, well, FAR FROM THAT!!!
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