Dish of the month (February 2022): Meatloaf (including plant based)

My mother in law makes a meatloaf everyone loves.

I grate zucchini & carrot into the mix along with the onions in the original recipe. Plus we serve it hot with mashed potato & steamed veg.

When I say everyone loves it I mean it. I posted it 20 years ago on the Jamie Oliver forums and some blogger stole it & published without crediting it. I had it removed eventually.

It’s also a fantastic sandwich filler but my favourite way to eat the leftovers is as a breakfast burger - with an egg & cheese. So good.

If I get a chance I’ll make it before the end of the month.
 
Mountain Cat said:
I just posted the pork meatloaf recipe. You can find it here.

The beef and sweet potato one did have egg in it. But yes, I'd like to make a new variant that's a bit more solid, and still without the breading. Since the pork one worked, I know it's not going to be impossible.
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Yeah, I think you should keep working on that meat and sweet potato variant. I think it has potential, if you can find a way to firm it up.

CD
 
caseydog said:
Now your'e talkin' my language. :hungry: Hold the carrots on mine.:laugh:

CD
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Ditto, no carrots here for me...or sweet taters. Those don't taste similar to you?

Interestingly, I don't mind cooked carrots if they are cooked in a dish like pot roast or in soup, but for the most part, no está bien. Love them raw, however.
 
caseydog said:
Now your'e talkin' my language. :hungry: Hold the carrots on mine.:laugh:

CD
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Mate you won’t know they are in there!

That’s why they are in there. My son was a terrible eater so micro grated veg went in to everything.

This meatloaf is baked then a spicy BBQ sauce is dumped over it and it goes back in the oven for 30 minutes. None of the kids knew my dirty little secret.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Ditto, no carrots here for me...or sweet taters. Those don't taste similar to you?

Interestingly, I don't mind cooked carrots if they are cooked in a dish like pot roast or in soup, but for the most part, no está bien. Love them raw, however.
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Same. Either invisible (micro grated) or chunks cooked low & slow in a dish or raw.

I did have some cooked over fire and served on a bed of tahini sauce and sprinkled with dukkah at a fancy restaurant a couple of years ago that were excellent though.

However steamed/boil with butter etc. not something I choose to eat.
 
A very popular item around here is ham loaf, always topped with canned pineapple rings and maraschino cherries. Every self-respecting church-going lady has her own recipe, and every butcher shop and deli make their own in-house.

I can’t bring one to my legion hall do, though, because ham loaf may be a loaf of meat, but it ain’t “meatloaf,” if you catch my meaning.
 
TastyReuben said:
A very popular item around here is ham loaf, always topped with canned pineapple rings and maraschino cherries. Every self-respecting church-going lady has her own recipe, and every butcher shop and deli make their own in-house.

I can’t bring one to my legion hall do, though, because ham loaf may be a loaf of meat, but it ain’t “meatloaf,” if you catch my meaning.
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UGH. I think I have seen that before. Shudder.
 
TastyReuben said:
A very popular item around here is ham loaf, always topped with canned pineapple rings and maraschino cherries. Every self-respecting church-going lady has her own recipe, and every butcher shop and deli make their own in-house.

I can’t bring one to my legion hall do, though, because ham loaf may be a loaf of meat, but it ain’t “meatloaf,” if you catch my meaning.
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Now that you mention it, I remember eating ham loaf with pineapple at least once when I lived up there. The fact that you had to mention it for me to remember it should say a lot. It wasn't good enough to remember, or bad enough to remember.

CD
 
caseydog said:
Now that you mention it, I remember eating ham loaf with pineapple at least once when I lived up there. The fact that you had to mention it for me to remember it should say a lot. It wasn't good enough to remember, or bad enough to remember.

CD
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Not as memorable as tarragon in your panty, I guess.

I think I saw the ham loaf but didn't eat it.
 
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