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How to get a crusty meatloaf?
On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:56:28 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:12:09 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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> >> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:09:50 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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> >> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >> >> >> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:58:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >> >> >>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:05:07 -0700, "Cheri" >
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> >> >> >>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> >> >> >>>>> > But there is no crusty, chewy, outside. But come to think of
> >> >> >>>>> > it,
> >> >> >>>>> > when
> >> >> >>>>> > you
> >> >> >>>>> > get meatloaf in a restaurant or even the small ones they sell
> >> >> >>>>> > at
> >> >> >>>>> > Central
> >> >> >>>>> > Market, they are not crusty or chewy. Is yours crusty and
> >> >> >>>>> > chewy
> >> >> >>>>> > on
> >> >> >>>>> > the
> >> >> >>>>> > outside?
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> >> >> >>>>> No, I don't care for "crusty and chewy" with meat loaf or
> >> >> >>>>> meatballs.
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> >> >> >>>> I've never thought about it. I guess you could say my meatloaf
> >> >> >>>> has
> >> >> >>>> some sort of a crusty exterior, but I suppose it's because I use
> >> >> >>>> high
> >> >> >>>> heat to bake.
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> >> >> >>>Oh! I did mine at 350 so perhaps I need a high heat.
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> >> >> >> Brush with a sweet glaze.
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> >> >> > I did.
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> >> >> Honey is what is typially used and a lot of it. I ecently made ABs
> >> >> matloaf
> >> >> recipe and omittd the glaze. It's on YouTube under Alton Brown
> >> >> Meatloaf.
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> >> > It doesn't need any honey, just an oven temp of 400-425° to develop
> >> > the crust. The larger the meatloaf, the more likely a crust will
> >> > develop. Glaze in the last 10 minutes, not at the beginning.
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> >> Yeah well, AB says to glaze after 15 minutes of cooking. There is a
> >> difference between a hard sugar glaze and burned.
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> > AB sometimes has his head up his ass.
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> Example? He was way off on the beer making episode but that was the only
> time I recall and I have watched all of his shows. I have since forgiven
> him.
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You just cited it. Scoffing at a honey glaze applied after 15
minutes.
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