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* I tweaked my mom’s meatloaf recipe just a little bit yesterday and then added fresh sweet corn to the gravy. Man, it was good…
* Those are my own homegrown tomatoes, by the way…
All winter without ‘em’s a culinary bummer
Weekend plans?
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 7:08 am
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Looks good! Any chance we can get the recipe?
Comment by Mish mash Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 8:11 am
That looks good! And you can’t go wrong with sweet corn.
Comment by Levois Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 8:15 am
Rich,
That plate looks delicious! I’m hoping you got a 2nd serving!
Comment by Downstate Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 8:32 am
Hot air balloon rally and arts festival in Macomb. Each year about 20-25 hot air balloons fly in for the weekend. Food trucks and live music too, make for a great weekend.
Comment by H-W Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 8:44 am
Meal looks great. my tomatoes just got rolling.
Comment by Blue Dog Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 8:58 am
Come on - recipes are made to be shared.
Comment by Wonderful World Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 8:59 am
Adding the sweet corn was very Illinois. Looks great!
Comment by Voice_of_Liberty Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 9:30 am
Are those canned peas?
Comment by goober Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 9:32 am
Did you drink the juice?
Comment by Bear Down Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 9:34 am
That looks yummy. (Except for the canned peas, sorry.)
Comment by JoanP Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 9:38 am
Oatmeal in meatloaf is such a good binder.
Comment by Terra Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 9:50 am
Not a cook (just ask my housemates), but what would happen if you cut the potatoes before baking them in the gravy?
Weekend plans:
- Neighborhood meeting with the mayor and alderman.
- Picking apples at the family lot.
- Kids have sleepovers with friends and Mass with Mom.
- Laundry.
Wherever you are, and whatever you are doing, I hope to see you back here on Monday safe and sound.
Comment by Dirty Red Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 10:04 am
Looks great, Rich!
Weekend plans:
-Watching the Arsenal Women kick off their season tomorrow morning.
-Lincoln Park Zoo with family coming in from the suburbs then Taste of Chicago at night.
-Cubs game Sunday.
Everyone stay safe out there this weekend. Hoping for no federal government shenanigans.
Comment by RiverNorthGuy Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 10:52 am
Weekend plans: Pickin’ ‘maters.
Comment by Stix Hix Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 11:00 am
Going to see The Who.
Wouldn’t miss it.
Long live rock!
Comment by Loop Lady Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 11:00 am
Are those oats in the meat? That’s a choice.
Comment by PeoriaLover Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 11:30 am
Forgot to say my weekend plans:
- giving a couple of tours at a historic home
- Hokusai exhibit at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn.
Comment by JoanP Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 11:34 am
Been out to LA. Going to keep driving home on old 66.
Comment by RNUG Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 11:36 am
===That’s a choice===
And a good one. Good binder, tastes great.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 11:47 am
1. Mom’s meatloaf: Bread crumbs and egg added as a binder. Those peas look kinda pale, but I’m all in.
2. Weekend: Thinking about projects (like whether one should just be cancelled) and housekeeping. Yeah, it’s a show-stopper weekend here.
Comment by thisjustinagain Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 12:18 pm
=== Those peas look kinda pale===
It’s a taste thing for me. I have always preferred canned peas to fresh or frozen, preferably LeSeurer.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 12:21 pm
Really loving this content Rich! Please post more with recipes in the future. 😍👍
Comment by 3eyes Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 12:27 pm
Over the years I have noticed I share the same musical interests as Rich and now I see we share the same longing for can peas over frozen peas.
This weekend is the Elnora Guitar Festival at Krannert.
Comment by No Relation Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 1:01 pm
The garden provides!
Over the past week, we made large batches of salsa and bruschetta topping (OMG, the tomatoes, hot peppers, garlic…). Over the weekend, we’ll be canning tomatoes and, time permitting, collecting signatures on petitions.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 1:38 pm
There’s something beautiful about a plate with no kale on it.
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 1:45 pm
Cripes that looks like 50 dollars of ground beef there. lol
Comment by Honeybear Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 2:34 pm
I made meatloaf yesterday, too. Love using oats, as my mom and gran did. But a couple years ago, I discovered how bread crumbs can lighten up a loaf (as I’m sure the meatball makers already know). Now I use crumbs as well as oats, the results always delicious even as I still experiment with texture via proportions of each.
p.s. I love peas both canned and fresh, but they are wholly different animals of the veg world, and I would never compare the two.
Comment by yinn Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 2:35 pm
==Cripes that looks like 50 dollars of ground beef there==
That reminds me, during the Great Recession I participated in an informal contest to see how big a legit meatloaf could be made with the standard amount of 1 lb of ground beef. I don’t quite remember if anyone succeeded in more than doubling the weight, but I do know that everybody won.
Comment by yinn Friday, Sep 5, 25 @ 2:55 pm