rationing WW1 recipe Hamburger Loaf

[Old GoatParticipant]

Hamburg Loaf by Homemaker

Meat 1 ½ pounds

3 slices of bread crumbed

Pork fat ¼ pound put through a chopper

Egg 1

Salt and pepper to taste

Place alternately in pan meat the dressing, some pork on top

Water ½ cup bake one hour or less

Another way

1 pound hamburg steak, add 2 cups crumbled crackers, salt and pepper to taste

1 small onion cut fine

1 teaspoon pork fat cut fine add water until quite soft, pack in pan, bake until done, baste if dry

[OldMt WomanParticipant]

I use oatmeal soaked in milk to extend meat in my loaf.  But same concept.  I throw in vegetables sometimes….onions of course.  Shredded carrots.  Mushrooms.  What ever I have.  Shredded potatoes ….or I top the meat loaf with mashed potatoes when its going into the oven.  Golden mushroom soup poured undiluted on top.  But that’s ‘fancy’ for WW1 era.

OldMtWoman

[Old GoatParticipant]

Yes I add vegetables in powdered form LOL and oatmeal, but don’t tell the kids! They know about the oatmeal which is good for lowering cholesterol. I do like mushroom soup in mine too. I store up the powdered soups and mixes in 5 gallon buckets when they go on sale periodically. Most of them  already come in mylar bags. It also help to have them around when I’m not feeling well and they last for years

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