Recipe: Family Meat Loaf (using cereal) (General Foods, 1943)

FAMILY MEAT LOAF

4 cups Post's Corn Toasties, or 3 cups Grape-Nuts Flakes, or Post's 40% Bran Flakes
2 pounds ground meat*
1 egg
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup chopped celery
1 tablespoon minced onion
1/2 teaspoon sage
1/4 cup chopped celery leaves
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup ketchup
1 cup milk or stock

Crush cereal flakes slightly. Combine remaining ingredients in order given; mix well. Add flakes. Pack into greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F) 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Makes 8 to 10 servings

SERVING SUGGESTIONS:
Serve hot, plain or with tomato or horse-radish sauce. Or surround with cooked vegetables, such as buttered small carrots and onions; cauliflower and green beans; or cubed yellow turnip and sauteed green peppers. Or serve cold, sliced, or in sandwiches.

*For meat, use 1 1/2 pounds beef and 1/2 pound lean pork. Or use 1 pound each veal and lean pork. Or use 4 cups ground cooked meat.

VARIATIONS:

SMALL MEAT LOAF:
Prepare half this recipe, using 1 small egg or 134 tablespoons slightly beaten egg. Bake in 8x4x3-inch loaf pan 1 hour. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

MEAT LOAF, USING COOKED MEAT:
Prepare half this recipe, using 1 cup ground cooked veal and 1 cup ground cooked pork for meat, and 1 small egg or 134 tablespoons slightly beaten egg. Bake in 8x4x3. inch loaf pan 50 minutes. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe booklet: Recipes for Today, General Foods Corporation, 1943