Is it the Ball Blue Book or something else put out by Ball? If it was
the Blue Book, what period, 20s 30s?
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Susan N.
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.
Here's one from 1971 _Kerr Canning Guide_
Meat Loaf
2 pounds ground beef
1 cup cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sweet milk
2 eggs
2 Tbsp chopped onion
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp sage
1/2 tsp celery salt
"Combine ingredients in order given and mix very thoroughly. Pack
loosely into clean KERR Jars to within 1 inch of top of jar. Put on
cap, screwing the band *firmly tight*. Process in pressure cooker, 75
minutes at 10 pounds."
I'll have to cross reference this to a modern Blue Book tonight to make
sure that processing time is OK. (Use wide mouth jars.)
Or I suppose you could bake it in a loaf pan for about 40 minutes with a
little ketchup on top like normal people. ;-)
Bob
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I would think it was in the 60's or 70's. I did get a recipe from bob. I
will see if that is the same one. thanks susan.
ann
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I checked my 1990 Blue Book and there is not a meatloaf recipe; the
processing time for a boneless roast cut to just fit in the jar is 75
minutes for pints and 90 minutes for quarts. The same times for seasoned
cooked ground beef -- so the same times should be OK for meat loaf.
Bob
>Did you show him the recipe to see if it might be the same?
>
>I checked my 1990 Blue Book and there is not a meatloaf recipe;
Neither is there in my 1974 edition.
Bob, I wonder if that might not be true. As I understand it, its the surface
of meats where the 'bugs' congregate. So your times will assure the meat
surface has reached the proper time/temp profile for safety for a solid
piece of meat. But meatloaf is not the same, obviously. Much more surface
area all through the meatloaf. I wonder if the times wouldn't need to be
increased to assure that the meat in the center of the jar reaches the same
time/temp profile.
The above comment is based on NO real knowledge, just trying to use all the
info I've been reading.
I don't really know, but that's precisely why I also checked the recipe for
ground beef. it had the same 75/pint 90/quart @ 10 pounds process.
Bob
I checked my 1977 Blue Book and there's no meatloaf recipe there
either. The closest I could come is a comment below a formula for
"Chopped Meat" which is meat ground and cooked then processed with
water, meat stock or tomato juice. At the bottom there's a note, "Use
for meat loaf...." Could this be it?
Carol
Besides solid or ground the meat needs to reach a certain temperature in the
center of the jar not the surface of the meat in the case of canning. When
canning your killing very heat resistant spores that produce toxins in a
anaerobic environment. You don't worry about these necessarily in the
cooking and eating of a steak or roast or even a hamburger unless you plan
on storing these for later.
Vicky