Meat Loaf with Variations

== Description ==
A hearty family meal, susceptible to many variations. The second day; slice it thin and make sandwiches on rye bread with sweet pickles.
* Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
* Source: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook by Marion Cunningham
* Typed By: Susan Godfrey <alexanderjamesmom@gmail.com>
* Serves 8
== Ingredients ==
* 2 cups freshly made bread crumbs
* 1 onion, chopped fine
* 2 eggs, slightly beaten
* 2 lbs ground beef
* 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
* 1½ tsp dry mustard
* 1½ tsp salt
* ½ tsp freshly ground pepper
* ½ cup milk
== Directions ==
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a loaf pan. Combine all the ingredients
in a large bowl; your freshly washed hands are the best tools for the job.
Pat into the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes.
== Variations ==
=== Meat Loaf with Parsley and Tomato ===
Omit the Worcestershire sauce and mustard; in place of the milk, use ½ cup of juice from a can of tomatoes and add ½ cup minced parsley plus ½ tsp basil, crumbled. Pat into pan and cover with ½ cup of the tomatoes from the can, roughly chopped, or ½ cup tomato sauce.
=== Meat Loaf with Cheese ===
Omit the Worcestershire sauce and add ½ cup grated cheese.
=== Meat Loaf with Bacon ===
After patting the loaf into the pan, cover with 4 strips uncooked bacon.
=== Meat Loaf with Three Meats ===
Instead of 2 lbs ground beef, use 1 lb ground beef mixed with a pound ground veal and ⅓ pound ground pork. Red wine may be used instead of the milk if desired. Bake 1 hour.
=== Meat Loaf with Lemon and Mushroom Sauce ===
Omit the Worcestershire sauce and dry mustard and add 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind, 2 Tbsp minced parsley, and 1 tsp nutmeg. Serve with 1 recipe Mushroom Sauce.
=== Individual Muffin-size Meat Loaves ===
Instead of using a loaf pan, pack the meat into muffin tins or Pyrex baking cups, top each with a square of bacon, and bake for only 25 minutes at 400°F. Turn out and serve with tomato sauce.
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