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[hughver]

I've decided to make meatloaf tonight and while searching found this recipe that I like on this a post, but the numbers for the quantities are distorted, i.e.,•.   HELP

[hughver]

What's with the numbers used for the ingredients? Sorry for the duplicate response.

[Maineac]

The characters that you can't decipher were bullet points.  At one time they were fine in the post.

So -
•   Â½-3/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion = 1/2-3/4 cup
•   Â½-3/4 cup finely chopped sweet red pepper (or green)
•   Â½ cup finely chopped celery = 1/2 cup

The last one is •   ½ teaspoon Accent (or not)

Sorry about that.

Dean

[02ebz06]

I just saw this recipe and copied it as well.
I know there was a problem with fonts a while back, don't know if this thread was affected or not.
Anyway, should be safe to ignore that stuff.
I pasted the recipe into a Word document and just deleted the first 6 characters of those lines, and it looks like a normal recipe.

[Maineac]

Should be all fixed.  Thanks for looking.

[hughver]

Thanks for the clarification. I too am going to double the recipe and roll one in a frog mat.

[02ebz06]

So to be clear, the recipe as written makes two small loaves and if you add the extra 1lb of sausage, you make four slightly smaller loaves ?

[Maineac]

As written makes (2) smaller loaves.  But a double batch (2 x recipe) will make (4) loaves so I use (1) JD Regular and (1) JD Hot and mix them adding a little heat to each batch.  I hope that makes sense.

[02ebz06]

Got it, but each of the four loaves would be a little smaller than the size of one of the two loaves since you only adding 1lb to 2lbs+, if that makes sense.

Just thinking out loud here for next poker game...
I think I would just double everything and make two large loaves. Should be plenty for 8 people.
Also would split mixture in half and add some hot green chilies to one.
I use the Jimmie Dean Hot Sausage when I make meatballs but the green Chilies will kick it up a couple notches. 
We are in New Mexico, we like hot, and so do most of my friends.
My wife no so much, so one on the mild side for her and two others.

[Maineac]

I went back and edited my last post.  What I'm talking about is making the recipe twice (4 loaves).  Doing that I can add a little heat by adding half the JD Hot and half the JD Regular to each recipe batch, so the loaves will always be the same size.

I think my cylindrical loaves were a whole batch, one recipe, one cylinder.  If I were only cooking for myself I would use all Jimmy Dean Hot but almost always someone else will be eating these so we keep it on the timid side.

[02ebz06]

OK, gotcha now.  Thanks for clearing that up for my feeble mind.

[Maineac]

Thanks for the clarification. I too am going to double the recipe and roll one in a frog mat.

Hugh, be sure to let it set up in good shape in the fridge or it won't want to stay round.

[hughver]

will do. I have lots of frozen ground pork so I'm going to try my hand at DYI Jimmy Dean sausage. I've done it before and it turned out pretty darn good for breakfast.

[Maineac]

will do. I have lots of frozen ground pork so I'm going to try my hand at DYI Jimmy Dean sausage. I've done it before and it turned out pretty darn good for breakfast.

  I too have tried many times to clone Jimmy, and while I have never even came close, I also made some darn fine breakfast sausage.  Good luck!

[stickjiggler]

Meatloaf looks great. Any chance you would be willing to share your wife's salsa recipe?