On Mar 5, 7:29*pm, Sheldon wrote:
On Mar 5, 8:37*pm, Melba's Jammin' wrote:





A friend's daughter is facing a tough row to hoe coupled with a very
tall mountain to climb. (See link in my sig line * for background read
her first couple journal entries). * My friend is meeting herself coming
and going. *Last night I brought a couple meals for her and her husband
(for my friend -- her daughter has her own network of help). *I'm
thinking of making some meatloaf.

One plan: *Make and bake a full size meatloaf *(a couple pounds of meat)
and deliver maybe 1/3 of it intact for them to enjoy soon *and include
the rest of the meatloaf in bagged slices for the freezer with heating
and serving instructions.

Another plan: *Make the meatloaf and deliver it raw for the freezer. *
If I do this I'm thinking I'll make small loaves ‹ likely sized for
individual portions - to be baked at will. * *IF I go that route, what
baking instructions do I include? *Bake from frozen for x amount of time
(to allow for frozen state) where x is what?? * Can I form them into
salisbury steak-like shapes?

Let's say those portions are maybe 1/3#. *Heck, at that weight, I can
shape the meatloaf mixture into patties and have her grill them like
burgers. * What do you think of that possibility? *(It just came to me;
I'm not devoted to the thought but am willing to offer it to my friend,
though I think it's too much like having "to cook something for dinner."

I'm leaning to baking first; the less my friend has to do to put food on
the table, the happier we'll both be. *

Whaddaya think?

Freezing raw meat loaf is not food safe. *Bake it in those giant
muffin tins, then freeze.... zap 3-4 minutes each meat muffin in the
nuker they'll be piping hot. *Goes well with mashed taters, gravy, and
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I'm not sure why you think freezing uncooked meatloaf is not safe. As
long as the ingredients are fresh, there should be no problem with
bacteria.