Cookin again

[Zardnaar]

Here they do the shish, that costs more best on charcoal grill. Some places just use normal grill.

Then the dono kebab uses spit roast that's gas powered. It's a vertical one that rotates.

The more expensive lamb is chunks the cheap lamb is minced.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Trying my hand at a meatloaf for the first time tonight. intended to stuff it with bacon & cheese, but burned my bacon. Using sliced ham instead.

We’ll see how this comes out...

 

[prabe]

Trying my hand at a meatloaf for the first time tonight. intended to stuff it with bacon & cheese, but burned my bacon. Using sliced ham instead.

We’ll see how this comes out...

What are you using for the loaf? Beef, or a mix? (I'm partial to bison and turkey, myself, but there's not really a wrong answer.)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Beef only. Trying to use what I have on hand, and I have a stockpile of frozen 80/20 I need to use up.

i tried a turkey loaf over a decade ago, and added too much oil. It tasted fine, but the texture... OMG , it was like eating a meat pudding...as in a rare creature from the Monster Manual! After cutting and serving pieces of it, the rest started to ooooooooze across the pan.

We did NOT eat it all.

 

[prabe]

Beef only. Trying to use what I have on hand, and I have a stockpile of frozen 80/20 I need to use up.

That's a good reason. I don't think ham will be bad, but I can see why bacon was your first choice.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That's a good reason. I don't think ham will be bad, but I can see why bacon was your first choice.

Hey, ham works for cordon bleu, so it should work for meatloaf.

 

[prabe]

Hey, ham works for cordon bleu, so it should work for meatloaf.

It was more that your first choice (bacon + cheese + meatloaf) isn't wildly different from a bacon cheeseburger, which is a known classic. Ham + cheese works on a burger, but it's a little more of a fringe thing.

Yes, I'm sure your meatloaf is going to come out fine. IIRC, you're not a huge fan (I suspect you're making it for a relative who is) but that's not relevant to that.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It was more that your first choice (bacon + cheese + meatloaf) isn't wildly different from a bacon cheeseburger, which is a known classic. Ham + cheese works on a burger, but it's a little more of a fringe thing.

Yes, I'm sure your meatloaf is going to come out fine. IIRC, you're not a huge fan (I suspect you're making it for a relative who is) but that's not relevant to that.

Good memory!

No, meatloaf isn’t my thing, but I eat it on occasion. My cousin who is a meatloaf FREAK moved back to NOLA a few years ago.

But I figured it was a good way to use a 3lb chub and some of the other stuff I had. I used a couple kinds of onion, paprika, and other seasonings. Mozzarella and butterkäse were the cheeses. I topped it with a marinara Mom picked up at William-Sonoma- it wasn’t bad, but I prefer Dave’s Gourmet.

FWIW, it came out OK. I could definitely do better, though.

 

[Zardnaar]

Generally avoid meatloaf here. I'll eat it if some serves it up but won't buy or make it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

This is my first attempt in cooking it in over a decade, and the last time I had some was a meatloaf sandwich at Weinberger’s deli in 2018 or 2019. So it’s not high on my list either.