Shortage Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef (leanest you can get)
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet onion soup mix
• 4 slices soft bread
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup ketchup

Recipe

• 1 tear soft bread into very small peices and toss into mixer. add dry onion soup packet, and 1/4 cup flour. run the mixer on medium to high until you have fine soft bread crumbs. this only takes a few minutes , and is the key to getting the loaf right. the crumbs may dry out a bit, this is desired. add the beef, dry mustard, salt, pepper, and eggs into the mixture. blend well until you have a dough-ish ball for the loaf. press the meat mixture into a loaf pan, with a large indentation lengthwise down the middle of the loaf. bake on 420 degrees f. for 34- 40 minutes or until loaf appears quite done. drain off the loaf, the indentation may have collected some grease be sure to drain this off. pour ketchup down the " ditch" or the indentation of the loaf, and return to the oven for about 8 minutes. the ketchup will have congealed a bit. let the loaf rest a few minutes before serving.