Welcome back to the kitchen. This is where I do some of my best work.
FYI. The Little Woman left us – me, the cats, the dog, the ducks and the other critters. No sooner do we celebrate our anniversary does she hop on a plane to visit her daddy in Chicago. She said she’d come back. I hope she does, b/c I have to pick her up at the airport in 6 days. Wouldn’t I look like a spanked baby’s butt if she didn’t and I was there waiting.
I usually cook something special for myself while she’s gone, usually having to do with lamb, since she is not a fan of lamb, but I didn’t have lamb. I have ground meat. And there I thought, while getting pneumonia from standing in the open refrigerator door too long; know what, meatloaf is underrated. So I searched the cookbooks. In the below pic I’m actually reading an Asian cookbook. No meatloaf in there. So I dug around the frig and low and behind, I find all these ingredients and thought, child’s play. I’ll just go Bobby Flay on it and invent my own concoction.
I bet you’re wondering what my apron says.
I found the secret ingredient. Tonight’s secret ingredient is – Guinness Stout. If I’m going to kill myself, it might as well be with a stout.
Here are the ingredients:
1 lb. of ground meat
3 mushrooms
3 green onions
½ cup of Italian Bread crumbs
1 egg
½ tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. melted butter
1 cup of Five Italian Cheeses
½ cup of Guinness beer
Catsup
Melt butter in microwave. Finely chop mushrooms and onions.
Add all ingredients in a large bowl and thoroughly mix. I used a big bowl and wooden spoon and hardly got any of it on me.
Then I placed it in a casserole dish like so and tried to get the thing to stand up. But, I think I went a little more than a ½ cup on the Guinness. I messed with that thing and messed with it and finally said, “Hey know what, I remember now, I love flat meatloaf.” So I put the meatflat in the oven at 375 for one hour, then added the catsup for another 15 minutes.
Viola. Voilà? Anyway, served the meatflat with gravy and mashed potatoes. It tasted great, not flat.
And, the dog loved it.
I agree, meatloaf gets a bad rap. I love it and haven’t made it in a while. Yours looks delish. I also have to have that apron for my collection. I love it!
Ahhhh, man food!
That sounds good – I am a big fan of meatloaf. Actually, I’m a big fan of most things edible – so meatflat ought not to make too much of my fandom.
You had me at Guinness.
Holy smokes, does that look good. (Holy smokes is not a kitchen fire reference, by the way.)
Love your sidebar. Bossy would have spit her gum out at the sight of it had she not been warned. And had she actually been chewing gum.
Hi Ron,
I like making up recipes! But, it is always because I never have the right ingredients, so it is a matter of necessity. Your meatloaf looks great. I do think there is a recipe book in you too.
Kathryn
There are never enough men in aprons.
SK
I don’t know how I missed this entry until now. I must have been distracted by lack of sleep and all the snot in my house. Anywho, I generally spurn the meat loaf, flat or otherwise. I might have to revisit that though, because The Bob loves meatloaf. Although with you as inspiration, maybe I can talk him into making it himself. See, you are more than just a pretty face. You are a motivator.
Love meatloaf! And my kids BEG for it (weird, I know, especially since they’re girls). I like to use ground turkey with a LOT of spices and garlic and onion, pretending the leaner meat and the added veggies will stave off a heart attack death. So I’ll try your recipe. If it’s half as good as your gumbo recipe I’ll be a hero.
Two comments Ronbo….#1….on the “my dog loves everything I cook” apron….I think he knows it’s “eat or die”….it has absolutely nothing to do with your cooking…. #2….Buy Citi before you end up kickin’ yourself….