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Default Meatloaf on the menu

On 5/23/2019 12:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-05-23 11:28 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/23/2019 8:42 AM, Gary wrote:

>
>>> Serve with potato and some gramma applesauce. A green veggie side
>>> is good too. Or corn.
>>>

>>
>> I like meatloaf but 5-6 onions seems excessive for the amount of beef.

>
> Yeah, that sounds like a lot of onion. I usually use only 1-1/2 pounds
> of ground beef and one good sized onion.
>
>
>> I use bottled cocktail sauce in my meatloaf.Â* Never did like the stuff
>> that had tomato sauce spooned on the top.

>
> Cocktail sauce could work, but that could get pricey.


Cocktail sauce is pricey?

>I used horse
> radish in the meat loaf andÂ* ketchup, plus ketchup on top


It's the ketchup on top that skeeves me. Of course cocktail sauce
contains a bit of horseradish.

> I also
> usually have some ketchup as a condiment.Â* It is one of the few things
> that I use ketchup for or with. Since I rarely have the others, like
> toasted western sandwiches or macaroni and cheese, meat loaf accounts
> for about 95% of my ketchup use.
>

Okey doke. I don't use much ketchup for anything. Certainly not in mac
& cheese. Definitely not on top of meatloaf. I do sometimes add diced
slightly melted (so as easy to mix in) cheddar cheese to the meat
mixture. Surprise!

Jill