Meatloaf ~ Blessing or Curse?

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Meatoaf ~ Blessing or Curse?

  • Love it as long as there are no cigarette ashes in it.
  • Hate it and wouldn’t use it for an ash tray

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I grew up on comfort foods and my Mom had a way with meatloaf that made the other kids in school jealous. Apparently, there are those on this BB who feel it is an abomination not fit for human consumption. I’ve seen and made many variations and seen it embraced by many respected chefs from Mario Batali to Paul Prudhomme and even Marcella Hazan.

How do you feel about this controversial dish and do you have a favorite version?

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Thought this was going to be about Meatloaf, the singer. My answer might have been different, or perhaps not…

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Wrong forum.
Topics on said entertainer would be in the NSFW Forum…or maybe politics…Cellar Rats?

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Particularly if you are making it, what is so bad? Aren’t you picking the ingredients?

If you leave it up to my grandma there will be enough breadcrumbs in the meat to make it taste like cardboard and it’s going to be slathered in a ‘burnt ketchup’ sauce. Now that is an abomination.

Why don’t you get a couple of pounds of ‘meatloaf blend’ from Bryan and let us know how it turns out, Mark? [thumbs-up.gif]

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Stone me not… but my wife includes… green beans and velveta… in hers

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OK, Mark, why don’t you post your recipe? [snort.gif]

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Give me a minute, I’m searing off lamb shanks.

[berserker.gif]

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I am sorry but Yuk!

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Short of being a vegetarian how can you not like meatloaf? I guess if you use crappy meat and/or weird ingredients (I knew someone who put clams on top of theirs which seemed gross) what is there not to like? Onions, garlic, seasonings, some bread crumbs, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, etc. How is that not good especially the next day warmed up as a sandwich?

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I make the Market Street meatloaf (or facsimile thereof) about once or twice a year. The leftover meatloaf makes fine sammies… you can slice it really thin.

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No thank you…count me in the disgusting camp here.

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The singer=curse
The food-Absolute blessing!

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Mix the meat and cover it with bacon.

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I’m holding out until I see the Bowman’s recipe.

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A friend (former) made a nut and cheese “meat” loaf with mushroom “gravy” from the Tassahara cookbook. All of her family raves about it. Said enough? [bleh.gif]

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When my wife was very young, and, at the time also very ill, her mother made her meatloaf. She got very sick and threw up. Meatloaf came out of her nose. She swore off meatloaf until I met her . . . and basically forced her to try it again. She still doesn’t love it but will make it for us occasionally. Since she has control over it I think she tolerates it- just enough. She still refuses to even taste it at a restaurant.

I love meatloaf. A local BBQ place makes a brisket meatloaf that is really good.

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Can I sleep on it?

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If you’re talking about that of (ex) 72 Market Street here in L.A., then you make my favorite recipe. It was a relatively high-brow place, and the meatloaf was the most popular dish. They put the recipe in the origina; Silver Palate Cookbook. The Gourmet (mag) Cookbook has a very recipe for an Italian Polpettone, which uses beef, veal, and pancetta.
Count me in the likes category.

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meatloaf is just a giant meatball. how can anyone not like meatballs? it’s all in what you put into it. garbage in → garbage out.

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I’ll bet most of the people who say they hate meatloaf will admit they love meatballs.

EDIT: Gene beat me to it by a minute or so! [welldone.gif]