Do you top your meatloaf with ketchup
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 8:29 AM PST
So we got into a heated discussion at work last night, because our new club manager wouldn't let us top the meatloaf with ketchup. He's from another part of the country and thought it was a gross, low class thing to do. The buffet was a casual night for older, well off club members, and we wanted to do it the locally traditional way. Which is ketchup slathered over the loaf and baked for a few minutes before slicing. Just curious how you folks from all over the country eat your meatloaf. |
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 8:57 AM PST
I usually put mashed potatoes on top and around mine. Then when I eat it, I eat it with ketchup. However, I have baked mine with ketchup on top and I do like it that way. |
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 10:04 AM PST
Not just catsup. I usually mix catsup, brown sugar, a little mustard powder and a dash of worcestershire. Mashed potatoes on the side are required! |
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 10:13 AM PST
Wow, I do all of the above! I always told my son who doesn't like it that way "just scrape it off"! So I always top it that way. Then of course I always end up eating parts mixes with Mashed potatoes! |
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 1:24 PM PST
I like it best with green peas mixed into the mashed potatoes, though! |
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 6:55 PM PST
Two for palmettogal's method! (Not the peas one) |
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Posted: Aug/14/2008 8:50 PM PST
See!?! I told that guy Everybody ate their meatloaf with ketchup. I thought maybe it was because he was from Louisianna but two of yall are from the Southeast. Meatloaf with brown gravy, bah. Mashed potatoes, definitely. As a chef I shouldn't admit it, but I prefer instant. With corn mixed in. Gravy's OK on the taters, just not on the loaf. Barbeque sauce, mustard, and brown sugar mixed together are good on it too. You need something tangy to help cut the richness (LOL FAT) in the meat. |
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Posted: Aug/15/2008 5:07 AM PST
Here's one vote for BOTH ways ~ my husband likes gravy with his meatloaf BUT I add at least 1/3 cup of ketchup to the meat mixture (half ground beef and half ground pork). So the ketchup doesn't go on top but it's definitely there! |
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Posted: Aug/15/2008 5:50 AM PST
aimee...i had to laugh at the "gross, low class thing to do" comment. i was still laughing about that one as i cooked my beloved fried chicken right in the kitchen of my trailer last night. it would probably give your boss the scare of his life but i guarantee he'd be in line for seconds! that is just too funny! |
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Posted: Aug/15/2008 6:32 AM PST
LOL!! I cook at a very upscale country club where the average age of the members is 62. The club management is always trying to make it so elegant and all, but what the members seem to want most of the time is fried chicken, catfish fiddlers and bean soup. We have to keep Cheeze Whiz on hand because one long-time member comes in for a hotbrown with Cheeze Whiz and will have it no other way. It cracks me up. I've cooked all over the country but my favorite things are still fried green tomatoes, chili and grilled cheese, and instant mashed potato sandwiches on white bread. |
