Monday Monday...

Meatloaf. 

Out of the Frying Pan (and into the Fire)

Beef, bread crumbs, onions, garlic, egg, vinegar, tomato sauce, Worchestershire, horseradish, carrots, celery, salt, and pepper.  I had it all in my pantry and waiting to be used!  I hand-mixed the loaf and set it in the fridge until Paul and I got back from the gym. 

Much later on, when the cooking time had gone about 50 minutes, I got up from reading and decided to check things out.  Good thing I did.

The living room looked a bit smokey, and when I peeked into the oven, I saw the overflowing pan of meatloaf dripping onto the bottom of the stove.  These were no ordinary drips of ketchup sauce or celery juice.  I am sure this was the grease and oil of the wonderful ground beef from my parents' purchase of a 1/8 cow.  How am I sure?  Because with each drip, the 400 degree oven set a burst of orange flame to light on the floor of the oven.  Nice.

Calm Paul and I turned the oven off and shoved a cookie sheet under there for the remainder of the hour-long cycle.  I remember all too well the time I ate rather raw meatloaf.  Not doin' that again.

But I might do this...muffin meatloaf?!  Cute!  Find it at

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