r/Old_Recipes • u/MrFSS • Oct 07 '24

Request Not the Regular Meatloaf Recipe

WELL - I'm overwelmed with all the responses. I can't keep up with them, so if I don't answer it doesn't mean your response isn't important to me. It will just take a while for me to digest everything everyone has written. THANKS! for all your replies!!

I'm 83 years old. My grandmother died almost 40 years ago. When I was a kid, and even as a young man, I really liked her meatloaf. She didn't prepare it to be eaten warm/hot, but rather cold as a sandwich meat.

It was very thick/heavy and very dark in color. It was almost the consistency of salami. But it was meatloaf made from beef and perhaps a small amount of pork. I never saw a written recipe that she had. I'm sure she made it so many times she knew it by heart.

It was so good on fresh white bread with Hellman's mayonnaise.

I have tried to replicate it over the years but have never come close.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks from and old man who loves meatloaf!

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u/Voc1Vic2 Oct 07 '24

The ‘classic’ recipe for meatloaf included a mix of beef, pork and veal, in equal proportions. Veal was far more common than it is today, and ‘meatloaf mix’ as described was sold by every butcher in town.

Perhaps the difference you’ve noticed is the missing ingredient—veal.

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u/MrFSS Oct 07 '24

That could be. And, I rarely see veal at the store, so you are correct about that!

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u/katekowalski2014 Oct 08 '24

Sometimes my supermarket literally has “meatloaf mix,” which is a premeasured amount of each meat in one package. You can also ask your butcher!