Best meat loaf I've ever had

Post #268,552 by drewk 9/24/06 8:42:54 PM Reply	Best meat loaf I've ever had [link\|http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_29712,00.html\|Racael Ray's Meatloaf Muffins with Barbecue Sauce] Damn these things are good. I took a couple of liberties, and also learned a few things that aren't in the printed recipe. Instead of coating the muffin tin with oil, I wrapped a strip of bacon around the inside of each one (just the sides, not the bottom) before adding the meat mixture. Everything released clean, plus I now had a strip of bacon around the meat loaf. And we all know, everything's better with bacon. Second change was that I was out of Worcestershire sauce. I don't think I've ever been out of Worcestershire sauce. But thanks to Andrew, not only do I know that Thai fish sauce is damn near the same thing, I also happen to have a bottle on hand. So I used a half-tablespoon of the fish sauce, which smells quite a bit stronger than Worcestershire, and added some salt. I used KC Masterpiece original barbecue, and Pace medium salsa, so the sauce was really tangy. Absolutely fantastic. The one thing I screwed up was that I had all the ingredients in the bowl before I noticed her recipe called for nearly two pounds of ground beef, and I had only gotten a pound. With all the celery, onion and pepper in it, it was a bit crumbly, making it hard to take them out without breaking up. But the flavor was great. I'm thinking I'll just pack them a little firmer next time. If you didn't see the show, you wouldn't know to over-fill each tin so it looks sort of like a snow-cone. The sauce you put on top will run down and burn onto the pan, so make sure to use non-stick or cleanup will be a bitch. Also, put a cookie sheet on the rack under your pan, in case anything bubbles over. (Mine did.) The potato recipe at the bottom is also good, but not so much I would have written this up just for them. The green beans, I used real bacon not microwaved, and added the bacon grease to the beans after the first five minutes when I took them out to stir. We finished up, and all I wanted to do is put on some slippers, kick back in the Lay-z-boy, turn on a football game I don't care about and take a nap. And I don't have a Lay-z-boy. It is such comfort food, this is the cooking you'll wish your mother had done. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #268,558 by Andrew Grygus 9/24/06 9:50:14 PM Reply	I pulled a Racael Ray article ot of a Sunday magazine . . . . to see if she actually has anything to say (haven't read it all yet) I see her picture everywhere these days - kitchen catalogs, advertisements, billboards - with that big "made for TV" smile in every single damned one of them. Geeez I got tired of seeing that smile by the 40th or so time I've seen it. Can't she handle any other expression? [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #268,570 by drewk 9/24/06 11:28:54 PM Reply	You sound like my father-in-law === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #268,572 by folkert 9/24/06 11:49:47 PM Reply	Dee-Lish! and that LAUGH! ARRRRRRGH! -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #268,577 by Andrew Grygus 9/25/06 12:18:23 AM Reply	You mean there's a laugh that matches that smile? Makes me glad, glad that my TV broke down in '58. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #268,582 by tonytib 9/25/06 12:56:15 AM Reply	The cooking show I like to watch [link\|http://www.ntv.co.jp/3min/\|http://www.ntv.co.jp/3min/] Guarenteed no awful laugh, constant smile, or cheerleader attitudes. And, yes, I get it over the air, every Sunday - no cable here, and no interest in cable. --Tony
Post #268,578 by bepatient 9/25/06 12:20:21 AM Reply	Sure she's a cutie BUT if I'm going for a tasting... its gotta be Giada De Laurentiis. Now thatsa tasty meatball! Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #268,596 by folkert 9/25/06 8:41:25 AM Reply	Is that the skinny squared jawed Chick that is all "fake", on FoodTV? I don't trust a chef/cook that is so skinny you can see bones. At least Racheal Ray has some meat on her bones... and you can see her weight go up and down... proves she eats what hse makes. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #268,598 by bepatient 9/25/06 8:57:06 AM Reply	Film style Show is filmed with movie tech...makes the image "softer". Would call her "rail thin"...but she's not heavy. Different body type than RR. I like RR too...very accessible recipes that are, obviously, quick and easy...same with Giada who makes some great things that are simple. Gonna try one from the last show I saw...[link\|http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_33307,00.html\|Pancetta biscuits]. They look yummy. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #268,635 by lincoln 9/25/06 2:19:21 PM Reply	ICLRPD (new thread) Created as new thread #268634 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=268634\|ICLRPD] lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]

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