Depression Meat Loaf Food

DEPRESSION MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In large bowl, pour milk over bread (let stand until milk is absorbed).
• Add onion, salt, and pepper.
• Stir with fork until bread softens and is light and fluffy.
• Mix in ground beef.
• Shape meat mixture into a loaf.
• Place in a lightly greased baking loaf pan.
• Spread top with ketchup (optional).
• Lay strips of bacon the length of the loaf (optional).
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

DEPRESSION MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. In a large bowl, pour milk over the bread. Let stand until the milk is absorbed.
• 3. Add onion, salt and pepper. Stir with a fork until bread softens and is light and fluffy.
• 4. Mix in ground beef; stir in beaten egg. Shape into a loaf. Place in lightly greased baking dish.
• 5. Spread loaf with ketchup; top with bacon strips. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• 6. *The original recipe did not call for the egg; I think eggs were in short supply during the depression. Maybe the canned milk helps it hold together? Anyway, I added the egg to the recipe just in case I had inadvertantly not copied the recipe correctly!