1 lb lean ground beef
1 lb ground veal
3/4 cup pitted black olives, coarsely chopp, ed
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 cup pickled sliced jalapenos, chopped
2 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 tsp best quality chilli powder
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp salt
Directions
Seasoned with cornmeal, chiles, and olives, this is a
spicy,Southwestern rendition of meatloaf. Hot pepper jelly makes a
delicious accompaniment, or brush on the jelly while it's baking to
glaze the meatloaf.
Preheat oven to 350F. Combine all ingredients in large bowl (hands
work best for mixing) Gently pack mixture into greased 9x5x3 inch
loaf pan. Bake for 1 1/4 hours or just until cooked through. Serves 8.
Origin: Cookbook Digest, May/June 1993. Shared by: Sharon Stevens
Servings: 8 servings
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Categories: Meat; Mexican
The History of Recipes
It is quite possible to follow the history of transcribed cooking instructions far back into antiquity, at least as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and maybe further still. Interesting though that is, these, early records were just basic hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
In fact, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a collection of stone tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel blissful and exhilarated. Later on, we find a couple of interesting books which date from the 14th Century - one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are somewhat misleading tho`, these books have no connection with the spicy food that is familiar to us all today, but instead recipes for the types of food prepared by the chefs of the upper classes of that period. For the centuries that followed, the powerful and wealthy houses competed with each other to serve up the most exotic meals, and because of this the best cooks and their recipes were highly sought after. However, it wasn`t until the 19th century that fine cooking and recipe books became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, verifying, and recording popular recipes of the day. By the advent of the twentieth century, cook books are in great demand, mostly due to higher levels of literacy, people having more leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Mexican Meatloaf recipe.
