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When Making Meat Loaf

A loaf of ground meat baked with a can of vegetable soup poured over it.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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When Making Meat Loaf

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Place the ground meat in a loaf pan.

Bake

  1. Pour the canned vegetable soup over the meat, keeping most of it on top.

  2. Bake in the oven until cooked through, allowing the soup to permeate the meat.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Ground meat
Forms the body of the loaf, and its proteins set as it cooks to hold its shape.
Vegetable soup
Adds moisture and flavor as it soaks into the meat and browns on top.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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