Brooklyn1 > Wrote in message:
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> I don't buy bread crumbs, those are just floor sweepings, bread past
> the sell-by date, dumped on the factory floor, swept up and shoveled
> into the machine. After grinding meat I grind bread, cleans the
> machine... I grind whatever bread I have, fresh and stale... I grind
> old kaiser rolls, crackers, pretzels, chitato pips, flakie wakies...
> whatever bits I find in my pantry. I don't like oatmeal in meatloaf,
> makes it gummy. Meat loaf is my favorite dish, I'm a confessed meat
> loaf maven... "Have grinder will travel". It's not possible to make
> good meat loaf from mystery meat. Market in town had boneless chuck
> roast on sale today, $3.59/lb, got two, 8 lbs, gonna grind em tomorrow
> for meat loaf and a couple 12 oz. burgers.
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I do the same. Pretzels, crackers, old frozen rolls, whatever is
hanging around to be used up.
I might try drying them out sometime.
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