How to Make Miracle Maid Meat Loaf
The original recipe for this meatloaf was found in the book that came with Miracle Maid waterless cookware. Originally, the meatloaf was cooked in a demo electric frying pan in butter with potatoes around it. In the 1970s, home cookware demonstrations brought families extra cash. Demonstrator wives helped men cook all-in-one meals, which was the heart of the sales pitch -- cookware that could make dinner easy enough for a man to make. However, no one read the company instructions! Each cooking demonstrator gave the newest audience a quick demo of the meal and sent them off to make their millions, and each version was a little different. The following is a recipe version that was passed down by word of mouth. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 can tomato soup
- 20 Ritz crackers, crushed
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 small onion, chopped (optional)
- Whatever spices you like best, but skip the salt.
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Place all ingredients in a large bowl. It will look quite sloppy.
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Mix well with a spoon. It is beneficial to knead this mix like bread dough. The more you knead the ingredients, the firmer the meat loaf you will obtain.
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Place the meat in a loaf pan and cook for about 45 minutes.
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Serves 6
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Comments
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My father use to sell the cookware for 25+ years, from my memory- he used 2 lbs ground chuck, 1 small chopped onion, can of tomato sauce, a sleeve of krispy crackers crushed, 1 egg. He would cover the inside of the mixing bowl with a small amount of vegetable oil to keep mixture from sticking and after mixing up all the ingredients, he would pick up the "ball" of hamburger and slap in bottom of bowl to get any air out to help it hold together when it cooks. He would use corn oil margarine in the lecktro maid.
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this is not the recipe we have ours has dried onions tomato puree and bread crumbs 1 egg 2 pounds gound beef mix by hand shape like a big burger then cook in electra maid we stil have ours as we used to sell the pots
