Better Homes Everyday Meat Loaf, 1953

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Everyday Meat Loaf (or loaves), from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 1953.

What this meatloaf might have looked like in 1953:

Everyday Meat Loaf

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⅔ cup dry bread crumbs

1 cup milk

1½ pounds ground beef

2 beaten eggs

¼ cup grated onion

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon sage

Dash pepper

OVEN 350°

Soak bread crumbs in milk; add meat, eggs, onion, and seasonings; mix well.

Form in individual loaves; place in greased muffin pans.

Cover with Piquant Sauce (page 348).

Bake in moderate oven (350°) 45 minutes.

Makes 8 servings. Or form one loaf in 8½ x 4½ x 2½-inch pan.

Spread with sauce; bake 1 hour.

Piquant Sauce!

Combine 3 tablespoons brown sugar,

¼ cup catsup,

¼ teaspoon nutmeg, and

1 teaspoon dry mustard.

The old reliable cover.

How the individual loaves might look.

Happy loaf-ing! 🥩 🍞 🥩 🍞 🥩 🍞