A while back I was doing research on poverty foods, and was surprised meatloaf was considered a poverty food in America. I'm guessing this is because it was popular during the Great Depression because it was an easy way to stretch meat by combining it with bread crumbs, vegetables, and other fillers.
When I was growing up, meatloaf was a treat because my mother rarely made it. We all loved it because it made a great dinner and and leftovers made for delicious sandwiches in the following days. We might have had it once every two months growing up, and if my grandmother was visiting, we always requested it.
I decided to make my grandmother's meatloaf last night, and pulled out my mother's old recipe book, which has my grandmother's recipe in it. First time making this.
Prep time may take 15 minutes to make the actual loaf, but then it bakes for an hour and 15 minutes in the oven. So making this is about an hour and a half of labor, minimum.
So once every two months, my mother would come home after working a full day and then spend an hour and half making meatloaf for her family, not even counting the side dishes (normally mashed potatoes and green beans with a salad to finish).
My mother was a saint.
When I was growing up, meatloaf was a treat because my mother rarely made it. We all loved it because it made a great dinner and and leftovers made for delicious sandwiches in the following days. We might have had it once every two months growing up, and if my grandmother was visiting, we always requested it.
I decided to make my grandmother's meatloaf last night, and pulled out my mother's old recipe book, which has my grandmother's recipe in it. First time making this.
Prep time may take 15 minutes to make the actual loaf, but then it bakes for an hour and 15 minutes in the oven. So making this is about an hour and a half of labor, minimum.
So once every two months, my mother would come home after working a full day and then spend an hour and half making meatloaf for her family, not even counting the side dishes (normally mashed potatoes and green beans with a salad to finish).
My mother was a saint.
