Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

> I'm good at this... alas! A few weeks ago I decided to make meatloaf
> for dinner. I thawed the ground beef, chopped the onion and put it in
> a bowl with the seasonings... then I reached into the cupboard for the
> breadcrumbs. Ooops! We didn't have any fresh or frozen bread to spare
> either. I ended up mixing in a cup of raw rice and turning it into
> hedgehogs, only they fell apart while I was cooking them. The actual
> meal was chunky bolagnaise sauce with rice in it, served over baked
> potatoes. It wasn't half bad!

I have used oatmeal in meat loaf and it was pretty good.