Quite frankly, this is THE best meatloaf in a ten county area. Not kidding. I know I should do this a lot more often, but this is the first time in a while that I’ve tried a recipe and been so impressed that I just had to blog about it as soon as we finished dinner. Before you turn up your nose at the idea of dill pickles in your meatloaf (like Mountain Man did), just make this and taste it. Then, if you don’t think it is a great meatloaf, then I’ll refund you the price you paid to sign up for my blog. I first found the recipe on AllRecipes.com. It had been sumitted by CaraMeg. When I took a look at it I thought, “There’s nothing here that makes it sound all that tasty.” My usual yummy recipe for meatloaf generally includes salsa or green chiles, lots of onion, chile powder, etc. ‘Cause I’m a spicy kinda gal. But we’ll leave that one alone. Regardless of my doubts, I decided to go for it. I had lots of one pound packages of ground elk and there is never a day I don’t have dill pickles on hand. Let’s do this! So, “we” did. I use “we” very loosely because, as I said in the beginning, Mountain Man already was starting to turn up his nose before I even started cooking. Oh sure, he LOVES my meatloaf, and he kinda likes a little dill pickle every now and then with a sandwich or hamburger. But you see, I think pickles are their own food group. Same as chips and dip. Ummmmmm . . . . Sorry, I kinda drifted over into my own personal food group pyramid. Or plate. Or bowl. Whatever. I’m here to tell you that MM’s eyes rolled back in his head and I thought I was gonna lose him. This is not just a good meatloaf, this is a great meatloaf. The author said that the dill pickles were the secret ingredient. But I disagree. There IS a secret ingredient, however. I let you figure it out. 5.0 from 3 reviews Print Mai’s Ah-Mai-zing Dill Pickle Meatloaf Author: Suzanne Collier, adapted from CaraMeg Recipe type: Main course, meat Cuisine: Comfort food Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour Serves: 6 Don’t let the name scare you away! This is a keeper meatloaf […]
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