Meat Loaf
Arwilda kept five different recipes with this title.
Marge's milk, bread, and cereal formula
Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Marge
From Marge.
Ingredients
- 1 egg beaten
- ½ C milk
- ½ slice bread in crumbs (let soak a min.)
- peppers
- onions celery diced
- hamburg. / 3 T cereal (oatmeal)
Directions
- pour catsup over top or put pureed tomato sauce
Timing: let soak a min.
As written
Marge
Oat-and-tomato-juice formula with doubled batch
White Binder handwritten page
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb ground beef.
- 1 cup tomato juice
- 3/4 cups Oat. (uncooked)
- 1 egg Beaten
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- 1/2 - 1 teaspoon garlic.
- 3 cups ground beef
- 2 cups Tomato juice
- 1 1/2 cups oats
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic.
- Unquantified catsup is introduced by I put catsup over Top before Baking.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine all ingredients mix Well.
- Press firmly into ungreased 8 x 4 x 2 loaf Pan.
- Bake at 350 about 1 hour.
- Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.
- I put catsup over Top before Baking.
Timing: about 1 hour; 5 minutes
Temperature: 350°
Equipment: mixing vessel and utensil, 8 x 4 x 2 loaf Pan, oven
Notes
- Very Good!; I put catsup over Top before Baking; Double: followed by the doubled quantities
As written
Meat Loaf. 1 1/2 lb ground beef. 1 cup tomato juice 3/4 cups Oat. (uncooked) 1 egg Beaten 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper. 1/2 - 1 teaspoon garlic. 3 cups ground beef 2 cups Tomato juice 1 1/2 cups oats 2 eggs beaten 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon garlic. Unquantified catsup is introduced by I put catsup over Top before Baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Combine all ingredients mix Well. Press firmly into ungreased 8 x 4 x 2 loaf Pan. Bake at 350 about 1 hour. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing. I put catsup over Top before Baking. about 1 hour 5 minutes 350° mixing vessel and utensil, 8 x 4 x 2 loaf Pan, oven Very Good!; I put catsup over Top before Baking; Double: followed by the doubled quantities [A complete handwritten recipe with doubled quantities and one unreadable deletion.]
Arwilda’s changes
- Added “pepper.”
Prize Winning oat-and-tomato-juice recipe with hamburger variation
Clear Tote Prize Winning Meat Loaf cards
Prize Winning Meat Loaf
Ingredients
- 1½ lb ground beef
- 1 cup tomato juice
- 3/4 cup oats, uncooked
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° Combine all ingredients; mix well. Press firmly into greased 8x4x3 - inch loaf pan.
Temperature: 350°
Equipment: oven; greased 8x4x3 - inch loaf pan
Untitled recipe
Directions
- Bake at 360° for about 1 hour. let stand 5 minutes before slicing
Timing: about 1 hour; 5 minutes
Temperature: 360°
Equipment: oven; baking vessel not identified in this partial line
FOR HAMBURGERS
Yield: 8 patties
Ingredients
- omit egg; reduce tomato juice to 1/3 cup
Directions
- omit egg; reduce tomato juice to 1/3 cup. Shape to form 8 patties. Broil or panfry to desired doneness.
Temperature: Broil
Six-ingredient ground-beef partial recipe
Green Recipe Box stained card
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs. ground beef
- 1 Cup bread crumbs
- 1 onion chopped
- 1¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 egg beaten
Three-meat formula attributed to Mrs. Bigg or Biggs
Decorative Recipe Tin three-meat card
From Mrs. Bigg[final letter cropped].
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Hamburger
- 1 lb. veal
- ½ lb. pork
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 C milk
- 1 C bread crumbs
- 1 onion
- ½ bunch parsley
- 1 T salt
- ½ T pepper
Directions
- Pack firmly in baking dish
- Bake 1 hr.
- 375 - 400 oven
Timing: Bake 1 hr.
Temperature: 375 - 400 oven
Equipment: mixing bowl and utensil, preparation knife and surface, baking dish, and oven
As written
Mrs. Bigg
Meat Loaf Mrs. Bigg[final letter cropped] 1 lb. Hamburger 1 lb. veal ½ lb. pork 2 eggs beaten 1 C milk 1 C bread crumbs 1 onion ½ bunch parsley 1 T salt ½ T pepper Pack firmly in baking dish Bake 1 hr. 375 - 400 oven serves 8 mixing bowl and utensil, preparation knife and surface, baking dish, and oven [A complete handwritten recipe plus the cropped name.]
Compare the cards
Meat, binder, liquid, and vegetables
- Green Recipe Box stained card
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef with 1 cup bread crumbs, onion, salt, pepper, and one beaten egg.
- Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Marge
- Unquantified hamburger with egg, milk, bread crumbs, peppers, onion, celery, and 3 tablespoons cereal or oatmeal.
- Decorative Recipe Tin three-meat card
- 1 pound hamburger, 1 pound veal, and 1/2 pound pork with eggs, milk, bread crumbs, onion, parsley, salt, and pepper.
- White Binder handwritten page
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef with tomato juice, uncooked oats, egg, onion, salt, pepper, garlic, and optional catsup topping.
- Clear Tote Prize Winning Meat Loaf cards
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef with tomato juice, uncooked oats, egg, onion, salt, and pepper; no garlic or catsup is written.
Cooking method
- Green Recipe Box stained card
- No method, pan, temperature, time, or yield is included.
- Decorative Recipe Tin card attributed to Marge
- Only soak the bread briefly and pour catsup over top or use pureed tomato sauce; no bake instruction is included.
- Decorative Recipe Tin three-meat card
- Pack firmly in a baking dish and bake one hour in a 375-to-400-degree oven; serves 8.
- White Binder handwritten page
- Mix, press into an ungreased 8 x 4 x 2 loaf pan, bake about one hour at 350, and rest five minutes before slicing.
- Clear Tote Prize Winning Meat Loaf cards
- Mix, press into a greased 8 x 4 x 3-inch loaf pan, preheat to 350, bake about one hour at a separately written 360, and rest five minutes before slicing; a dependent hamburger variation omits egg, reduces tomato juice, shapes eight patties, and broils or panfries them.
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