On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:54:36 -0700 (PDT), "
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>On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:43:34 AM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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>> Becca EmaNymton wrote:
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>> >Please keep trying, you will find a meatloaf that you like. This is the
>> >recipe I use, and mine uses thyme.
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>I was wondering how thyme would work. Thanks, I'll add it to one of the mini loaves and other spices and herbs to the other loaves. I'll probably have to mark the pan, it's a mini loaves pan and will make 8 or 10 loaves of whatever I'm baking, so I can remember which loaf has what particular ingredient in it.
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>> While the meat grinder is out may as well grind in anything seems
>> right... I'll grind in fresh parsley stems and all. I like to grind
>> in several veggies, onion, carrot, celery, raw potato is an excellent
>> addition, adds moistness without being too juicy... grinder saves a
>> lot of knife work too... just scrub and eye, no need to peel.
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>I don't have a meat grinder, the nearest thing mechanical would be the food processor.
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>> tomato sauce on top, not ketchup... I don't like ketchup on top, it
>> burns because of all the sugar, but I like ketchup on cold meat loaf.
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>I'm not a fan of ketchup either; I don't even have a bottle of it in the house. But I do like tomato sauce on top of my meat loaf! And there is a package of ground pork in the freezer that could be thawed and added to the hamburger. This might turn out to be an interesting week-end experimenting with all the loaves and ingredients.

Buy a meat grinder, not expensive, certainly costs a lot less than a
food processor... a food processer can't grind, it'll ruin good meat.

On Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:53:03 AM UTC-4, koko wrote:
> Can't remember when was the last time I made a meatloaf, I mean, I'm
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> thinking about 15 to 20 years since I've made one. Well, tonight I
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> remedied that. After reading a few recipes on line, and remembering
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> what I did years ago, I came up with a winner. Stan had two huge
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> helpings, which is great, I need to get some meat on that boy's bones.
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> I served it with mashed potatoes, broccoli and squash. Pretty darned
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> good if I say so myself.
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> https://flic.kr/p/pA5DRm
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> koko
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> Food is our common ground, a universal experience
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> James Beard

Looks nice and 'crip-sy' around the edges.

Meat loaf is a staple around here in the winter. I've been making them individually, tho. Bakes up faster and no cool-down time wasted in the slicing.
I place em on a cooking rack which is covered with perforated foil, then on a cookie sheet. Easy cleanup and the fat runs thru to the cookie sheet.

Best part of meat loaf is those nice cold slabs for a quick sandwich the next day.

Reminds me of old teenage admonition: "Don't let your meat loaf." (ducks and runs)

Kalmia wrote:
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> Best part of meat loaf is those nice cold slabs for a quick sandwich the next day.

I love meat loaf too. Odd that I haven't made one in years. It's on my
"to do soon" list right below lasagna and chili. I used to take
meatloaf sandwiches to work the next day but.....very meh, imo. I
prefer to heat up the leftovers for another hot meatloaf dinner.

G.

On Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:00:22 PM UTC-5, koko wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:15:01 -0500, "Pete C." >
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> >koko wrote:
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> >> Can't remember when was the last time I made a meatloaf, I mean, I'm
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> >> thinking about 15 to 20 years since I've made one. Well, tonight I
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> >> remedied that. After reading a few recipes on line, and remembering
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> >> what I did years ago, I came up with a winner. Stan had two huge
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> >> helpings, which is great, I need to get some meat on that boy's bones.
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> >> I served it with mashed potatoes, broccoli and squash. Pretty darned
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> >> good if I say so myself.
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> >I made meatloaf earlier in the week while on vacation with friends. I
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> >made beef/lamb kefta kebabs (meatloaf on a stick), zuccini kebabs,
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> >standard yogurt based sauce and a tomato/onion/honey sauce (once had at
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> >a persian restaurant). The comments were "amazing" and one who is well
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> >known to leave half a plate of food cleaned the plate.
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> I make kefta, didn't think of it as meatloaf, but I guess in reality
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> it is. I usually make it in a tagine in a spicy sauce. Deeeelicious.
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Kefta is the only type of meatloaf that is worth eating. That ketchup
stuff sucks ass.
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> koko
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--Bryan

On Monday, October 13, 2014 8:00:37 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/13/2014 7:44 PM, Cheryl wrote:
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> > On 10/11/2014 2:18 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> > Believe it or not, but Meat Loaf is a man, and I thought he had his name
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> > changed legally, but Wikipedia says it is just a stage name. The food
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> > really is meatloaf.
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> Surprising to me, my mother knew who Meat Loaf (the singer) was. Then
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> again she was also a big fan of Willy Nelson.
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> I was also surprised to find out she had been a fan of the Beatles since
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> they first came to the US. [My father leaned very much in a different
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> direction when it came to music. He was sort of stuck in the Big Band
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> era from the 1950's; very midwest traditional. He probably thought
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> "rock and roll" would destroy society.]
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> Mom got upset when John Lennon was shot. I thought it was simply
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> reacting to a senseless crime. Lynda McCartney died; that's when I
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> found out she had been a long-time Beatles fan. When George Harrison
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> died she commented "He seemed to be very spiritual." So, she sort of
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> kept up with the members of the band. I did find that a bit surprising.
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> I never thought of my mother as a groupie. <G>
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"Groupie"?? Somebody who happens to like a band is not a groupie. Even someone who is a huge fan of a *group* is not likely to be a groupie. A groupie is a person, which is very likely female, and likes to have sex
with guys in musical groups, very often (I'd even contend, *most* often)
with more than one of them at a time. Often, the music is also irrelevant.

So, unless your mother was someone who sought out men who *play well
together* for group sex, she was almost certainly not a "groupie."
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> Jill

--Bryan