Grammies Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon dried celery flakes
• 1 tablespoon onion flakes (chopped dry onions)
• 1 tablespoon garlic flakes (chopped dry garlic)
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter, margarine or 2 tablespoons oil, which ever you prefer
• 1 lb lean hamburger
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 2 eggs
• 1 -1 1/2 cup progresso italian-style fine bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper (optional)
• 1 teaspoon marjoram
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon chervil
• 1 teaspoon dried chives
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 place vegetable flakes in a coffee cup and cover with boiling water.
• 2 sautee celery in your choice of fat.
• 3 mix all the meats together.
• 4 in medium bowl, beat the eggs and add the remaining seasonings, but not the bread crumbs or the sauteed celery. mix well.
• 5 add the reconstituted vegetable flakes (most or all of the water will have been absorbed.
• 6 add chopped parsley.
• 7 mix all these ingredients well, using hands.
• 8 put bread crumbs in a bowl so you won't have to put sticky fingers on your can of bread crumbs.
• 9 add 1 cup bread crumbs to meat mixture and mix in well.
• 10 add enough additional bread crumbs as needed to make a firm mixture-not too sticky and not too dry.
• 11 place into loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for an hour.
• 12 you can make two small loaves or one big one.
• 13 i serve with mashed potatoes, gravy and steamed broccoli.