In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >,
> (PENMART01) wrote:
>
> > I usually don't do meat loaf during the warm months but yesterday I
> > got the urges, so set two 2 1/4lb pieces of chuck shoulder into the
> > fridge to defrost. This afernoon I sliced it all into strips,
> > seasoned with lots of fresh ground black pepper, a bit of garlic
> > granules, a goodly amount of Penzeys 'talian herbs, instead of salt a
> > gentle sprinkling of Goya sazon, a couple tablespoons Penzeys toasted
> > dehy onion, and a good slosh of olive oil, toss to disperse
> > seasonings and into the fridge. Then scrubbed a couple spuds and
> > sliced em into sticks, a couple ribs celery into sticks, a pared
> > carrot into sticks, a small yellow onion into chunks. Then pull out
> > the trusty grinder and pass everything through a 3/16" plate
> > alternating ingredients finishing up with a handfull saltines. Next
> > add 5 large eggs, a good squirt ketchup and mix by hand with enough
> > bread crumbs to absorb eggs, probably a bit more than a cup. Then
> > into a roasting pan and form into a loaf. Schmear with a thin coat
> > ketchup and place in a preheated 375F oven for 2 hours. Oboy, was
> > that good, ate two big slices and now I can't hardly walk. Yoose
> > don't know what good is until you grind your own meat.
> > Sheldon
> > ````````````
>
> I hate meatloaf. Rob loves it. His birthday is Saturday. It's cold
> here. (Yeay!!!) I think I'll make it for supper -- it could be hot by
> the weekend. How do you think this will work if I do the veggie stuff
> in the food processor and mix it with a pound of already-ground-round?
> Two eggs for the mess? And don't give me any crap about starting with
> grocery store ground meat, OK?
Sheldon, my meatloaf sucked. Rob loved it. I didn't have enough salt
in it and the round was, I'm thinking, too lean, or else I baked it too
long. I meant to check the local Hispanic market for the Goya stuff --
or Cub; they're getting to have fair-sized Latino food sections, too.
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 7/4/04.