i'm collecting people's meatloaf recipes, help!

[BlurOfSerenity]

in a recent discovery that meatloaf recipes are, in a way, similar to folktales (everyone has a different version, and they tend to be passed down through generations), i've decided to collect as many as i can.
but i only want good ones. i dont want people to paste me random ones out of cookbooks or off websites. i want YOUR meatloaf recipe. the one you've trusted. maybe your mom gave it to you. maybe you got it off the back of a random ad in the mail. i want it.

i eventually want to compile them all together and... from there i dont know. i considered making little booklets of all the recipes free of charge. i'm at the very least going to archive them on my site... i even made a special page for it,
http://meatloaf.batwing.org .

i'll be highly surprised if no one here has a kickass meatloaf recipe :-p

so share, share!
also share the source of the recipe, and any related stories or sentemental thingies.

[SouthernN'Proud]

I have THE kickass meat loaf recipe, and will gladly share it upon my return home. It came from the best source known to mankind for good cooking...one of those little cookbooks country churches put together and sell to raise funds for whatever purpose. Them little old Southern church ladies can DO some cookin'!

[BlurOfSerenity]

SWEET!


i've dubbed this whole thing "The Folkloric Meatloaf Project" and set it up at http://meatloaf.batwing.org . hahaaha, i'm obsessed. i even made an email address, meatloaf@batwing.org !

[SouthernN'Proud]

Shoulda went for batloaf at meatoutofhell dot com. :lloyd:

[Professur]

You're right about those church cookbooks. The little church up at the cottage does that, and ..... damn.

'Fraid I don't have a meatloaf recipe, Ash. Wasn't something that crossed our table.

[Leslie]

My mom used to put a can of Campbell's Condensed Vegetable Soup in it. I didn't like it myself, but everyone else who had it seemed to love it.

I have a bunch of church cookbooks, and a Mennonite cookbook. Love 'em.

[HomeLAN]

Don't really have a recipe with measured quantities, etc. However, the basics are ground beef, 1-2 eggs, bread crumbs to desired consistancy, and Worchestire sauce. You MUST have that last one.

[Uki Chick]

Don't really have a recipe with measured quantities, etc. However, the basics are ground beef, 1-2 eggs, bread crumbs to desired consistancy, and Worchestire sauce. You MUST have that last one.

Those are definitely the main ingredients in mine as well. I also add tomato sauce and a bunch of spices (thyme, basil, rosemary).

I haven't had any complaints yet!

[MrBishop]

We dont' do meatloaf...but I can share my 'tourtierre' recipie if that'd help. :shrug:


It came from my paternal great-grandmother

[Inkara1]

All the Meat Loaf you need:

http://www.headbanger.us/gallerie_m/bilder/meat_loaf_bat_out_of_hell_front.jpg

[Nixy]

I'll see if my momma uses a written down recipe or just eyeballing when I go home this weekend :)

If it's a recipe I'll post it, I would guess that if it is it was passed to her by her mom :)

[BlurOfSerenity]

uki chick - do you have the recipe for that?
bish - i dont know what that is, but i am curious to see it
inky - lol!
nixy - tanx :)

i'm actually coming to discover that meatloaf has its largest following in america

[A.B.Normal]

I have a bunch of church cookbooks, and a Mennonite cookbook. Love 'em.


:eek6: PEW!!!




















:lloyd:

[Leslie]

*has never cooked a Mennonite*

[SouthernN'Proud]

*has never cooked a Mennonite*

They're pretty stringy.

I plumb forgot about this last night. I'll get you mine I promise. It's worth the wait.

[Nixy]

*has never cooked a Mennonite*

To bad, I was gonna suggest you come visit me, we have a mennonite church down the road (yes, in the middle of Hamilton) bet it'd be easy pickin's on a Sunday morning :lloyd:

[Leslie]

too funny :D

this is it here (http://www.heraldpress.com/books/mccookbk.htm)

http://www.heraldpress.com/books/images/Mccookbk.jpg

Mary Emma Showalter has compiled favorite recipes from hundreds of Mennonite women noted for their excellent cooking. Tantalizing dishes brought to this country directly from old Dutch, German, Swiss, and Russian kitchens. Original directions like ‘a dab of cinnamon’ or ‘ten blubs of molasses’ have been standardized to help you get the same wonderful individuality and flavor. Showalter introduces each chapter with her own nostalgic recollection of cookery in grandma’s day—the pie shelf in the springhouse, outdoor bake ovens, the summer kitchen. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs and drawings by Naomi Nissley.

[Professur]

*has never cooked a Mennonite*

OHMIGAWD!!!!! She's eating them raw!!!!!!!!

[Leslie]

The spit on my BBQ is too small :(

[Professur]

The spit on my BBQ is too small :(

You spit on your BBQ???? OK, that does it. We are absolutely not holding the annual BBQ at your place

[A.B.Normal]

Let me try this again.



:eek5: PEW!!!
http://www.frederickandemilys.com/pewafter1.jpg

I'm not even going to get into what a "Rectory" would taste like :lloyd:










Sorry AshR ,couldn't resist hijacking the thread for a bit,you can have it back now.

[Leslie]

LOL I completely missed that!!

*whoosh*

[HomeLAN]

I tried to miss it, but he came back and rubbed it in my face. And we all know how painful that can be.

[Professur]

Reminds you of choir practice, does it?

[Uki Chick]

uki chick - do you have the recipe for that?



Very easy.

Take approx. 1lbs lean ground beef, 2 eggs, breadcrumbs to desired consistancy, salt, pepper, other spices to taste. mix by hand, add a little tomato sauce, mix well, put in pan, pour more tomato sauce over it cover with alluminum foil. Bake at 450 F until center is cooked.

I always keep some sauce on the side and poor it over the meat loaf as it's cooking.

I didn't get the recipe from anywhere, I just through it together myself.

you can also use Diana's BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce, without pouring more over it during baking. comes out great too with a nice tangy taste to it.

[BlurOfSerenity]

Very easy.

Take approx. 1lbs lean ground beef, 2 eggs, breadcrumbs to desired consistancy, salt, pepper, other spices to taste. mix by hand, add a little tomato sauce, mix well, put in pan, pour more tomato sauce over it cover with alluminum foil. Bake at 450 F until center is cooked.

I always keep some sauce on the side and poor it over the meat loaf as it's cooking.

I didn't get the recipe from anywhere, I just through it together myself.

you can also use Diana's BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce, without pouring more over it during baking. comes out great too with a nice tangy taste to it.


thanks! what name do you want me to credit you with, and do you have a name for the recipe?

[Uki Chick]

thanks! what name do you want me to credit you with, and do you have a name for the recipe?

You can either use my screen name of Ukichick or you can use my real name Natalia Kruty. Either one! don't know what to call the recipe. you can give it a name if you'd like.

[SouthernN'Proud]

Let me try this again.



:eek5: PEW!!!
http://www.frederickandemilys.com/pewafter1.jpg




:tomato:

That was just...awful.

[unclehobart]

I have never had a great meatloaf. They just never seem to wow me.

[SouthernN'Proud]

K, at long last, hyar tis.

Mountain Meat Loaf
1 1/2 lb ground beef
3/4 cup uncooked oats
1 cup + tomato juice
1 egg
crushed saltine crackers to desired consistency - should not be too dry
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup onion, chopped
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
salt and pepper to taste


Mix all items in large bowl, form into loaf pan. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes at 350. Mix sauce as follows:

sauce
1 cup ketchup
1 tbsp soy sauce (Worcestershire may be substituted)
1/2 cup brown sugar


Pour sauce over meat loaf, return to oven 15 minutes. Serve with fresh corn, mashed taters, cornbread (of course), and ice cold milk.

[BlurOfSerenity]

ukichick and snp:

i added your recipes :)

[Uki Chick]

ukichick and snp:

i added your recipes :)


Cool!

[Gato_Solo]

I have one for meatballs (http://www.otcentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=437706&postcount=5)...:D

[BlurOfSerenity]

:p

[kuulani]

My mom used to put a can of Campbell's Condensed Vegetable Soup in it. I didn't like it myself, but everyone else who had it seemed to love it.

I have a bunch of church cookbooks, and a Mennonite cookbook. Love 'em.

Hey!! My mom did that too!! Maybe we're related :D

[BlurOfSerenity]

do you happen to have, or have the abilty to create, a writeup of how that came together?