Cooking

[azurelunatic]

Today I made meat loaf.

Marx says it looks and smells good. I've grabbed a chunk, and I was not thrilled by something-or-other. Not sure what. It's lacking something... but it's good. The gravy was too greasy. A lot of grease came out of that bloody meatloaf, and I drained most of it away. Maybe ketchup is what is lacking.

I also made hamburgers. These were good. Marx ate them, and some of the mashed potatoes I made, and when he tasted them, he realized that he was hungry, and he scarfed down his dinner. 3/4 of an onion, boiled and mashed with the potatoes, makes for much yumminess. Went a little overboard in the kitchen. Need to scrub it down tomorrow.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Take some catsup, add a few drops (to taste) of your favorite hot sauce, and (next time) top the meatloaf about 10 minutes before it's done. This time, you can use it as a dipping sauce. That was the secret to my mom's otherwise-pretty-bland meatloaf... jenkitty substitutes (at my suggestion) Jimmy Dean Sage sausage for half the beef in addition to that trick. Quite tasty, and not much more work... and if you're making a small meatloaf, you can use the other half of that sausage for breakfast. Yum.

Happy cooking!

[azurelunatic]

Sausage contains pork: true/false?

[azurelunatic]

Hmm. The ketchup idea has merit. As does the idea of approximating sausage spices in the meatloaf.