"Mash" > wrote in message
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> Actually my mother's recipe was fairly decent. It was a moist meat
> loaf, not like oven baked, but decent. We ate the meat loaf a lot
> during summer because firing up the oven when it was 118 degrees
> outside didn't appeal. She had five young children to feed so meat loaf
> was a popular meal.
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I would rather fire up the oven in hot weather than braise something for
hours on the range top. At least the oven is insulated.