On Jul 25, 12:30*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> >> > On 24/07/2010 6:56 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> >> >>>> At this temp., the meatloaf was done at about 20 minutes. *I had
> >> >>>> difficulty getting it out of the oven. *Why? *There was an alarming
> >> >>>> amount of liquid that had seeped out from the veggies. *I took the
> >> >>>> loaves
> >> >>>> up and put them on plates and they immediately sucked up the liquid
> >> >>>> as
> >> >>>> they cooled.
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> >> >>> I cook my meatloaf on a rack in a pan. There is always some kind of
> >> >>> liquid
> >> >>> comes out of a meatloaf - usually fat, even with low fat meat. I
> >> >>> cover
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> pan loosely with foil (so it doesn't touch the meat. Take the foil
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> >> >>> the last and cook a few minutes more . Then I add some thick BBQ
> >> >>> sauce
> >> >>> over the top, you lose some but its still tasty.
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> >> >> I think this stuff would have dripped through a rack.
> >> > *Not if it is in a pan
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> >> > *It was pretty soft
> >> >> until baked.
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> >> I do mine on cookie sheets.
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> > I've always done my meatloaf in a loaf pan, as my mother did. *I take a
> > long piece of aluminum foil and line the pan with it, cross-ways, with
> > lots hanging over the outside. *When the meatloaf's done, you can pick
> > it up by the pieces of foil that are hanging over the edges, lift it up
> > and out onto a platter.
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> > When I was growing up, the juice and fat that came out of the meatloaf
> > went over boiled potatoes. **sigh*
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> I do mini ones for two reasons. *They cook faster. *And I can't add an egg
> as a binder so they tend not to hold together.
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> One of my favorite things to make as a kid was meatloaf ala mode. *I made
> the meatloaf in a round cake pan, cut it in wedges and then topped each
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a little bean flour works well as a binder instead of eggs, if one
likes the taste