On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:36:00 -0000, "Ophelia"
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> > "cshenk" > wrote in message
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> >> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> >>> Please would posters here be so kind as to share their favourite meat
> >>> loaf recipes? I have tried a couple and didn't like them much.
> >>> Reading here I see that it is a favourite for many and I would love
> >>> to find something really good
> >>
> >> Here's a basic Don does. It's more of a swap on any standard meatloaf
> >> recipe. Instead of bread crumbs, bread, crackers or rice, try using
> >> 'stuffing' such as pepperidge farm herb or stovetop.
> >
> > I am afraid this is unknown to me
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> >
> > Yes you can make
> >> your own batch too but this is one of those not very expensive time
> >> savers.
> >
> > Oh I don't mind expensive and time consuming ... well, to a degree I
> > just want to make something we like
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> >
> >> Another trick, don't use too low fat of a meat or if all you have is
> >> 94% fat-free beef, mix 1/4 ground pork with it.
> >
> > Noted!
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> >>
> >> Consider canned or jarred mushrooms over fresh as they will not dry out
> >> the loaf like fresh will. If you must use fresh, use King Oyster stem
> >> parts for optimal results.
> >>
> >> These tricks can be applied to any standard recipe you see.
> >>
> >> Here's a fairly standard approach.
> >>
> >> 2 lbs ground beef (or 1.75 beef, .25 pork)
> >> 1.5 cups stuffing mix
> >> 1 med onion, chopped fine (carmelize lightly first in some beef or pork
> >> fat if desired)
> >> 1/2 cup 'sauce' (I like May Ploy here, others use tomato stuff)
> >> 2 jumbo eggs or 3 'large'
> >> 1 TB worstershire sauce
> >>
> >> I usually top with either more Mae Ploy or Jufran Bannana sauce
> >>
> >> You can add other spices but that's a basic one.
> >
> > Many thanks for that! However I don't know what May Ploy or Jufran
> > Bannana sauce' are, nor 'stuffing mix'
> > If you had no 'stuffing mix' what would you use instead?
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> Hmmm thinking about 'stuffing mix' we do have stuff like 'sage and onion'
> dried and mixed with dry breadcrumbs. Is that what you mean? Sorry about
> that. I suppose I was thinking you meant something specific
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