I decided to try a different Meatloaf
Recipe today. My children aren't fond of meatloaf, and I've been
trying to make them like it. They like my Mother-in-law's Hamloaf
recipe, which is similar to my meatloaf recipe. I just don't know
why they like hamloaf, but not meatloaf.
Anyway, I decided to try my friend Shurleen's recipe today. Her recipe is basically the same as mine, except one ingredient is different.
I
stood there at the pantry wondering why it calls for sweetened
condensed milk instead of evaporated milk or refrigerated milk. I
thought it was odd to use sweetened milk in a recipe like this, but I
did it.
Then it cooked and I tasted it. VERY SWEET!! Caramelized Meatloaf with Onion.
So
I double checked the recipe again. Doofus me!! I always confuse
evaporated milk and sweetened, condensed milk. And I confused them
today.
The children said they actually missed my tomato sauce meatloaf recipe. I thought they'd like it without the tomato this time. But I guess not. I'm still going to try Shurleen's recipe again, but with evaporated milk instead!!
Go ahead, laugh at me. It's okay. I'm laughing, too.
Oh, honey, I can't laugh about the sweetend condensed milk...I can't even grow a tomato seed! I have to go check out Shurleen's recipe...this has my curiosity...it sounds good! Mikki at clagettsflstyle had a great meatloaf recipe on her blog about 6 weeks ago...I think she may still have it in her archives.
just to double-check ... it's *not* supposed to have the sweetened kind, right?
I always call them wrong ~ "sweetened evaporated milk"
and I've accidentally subbed them to make a sweet thing (BrendaWA's fudge) even sweeter - and grainer, the sugar didn't dissolve since it was already so saturated, LOL) but never a savory thing sweet. :)
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I thought they'd like it without the tomato this time. But I guess not. 
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