Meat Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1/4 lb. breakfast sausage loaf (optional)
1 egg
about 1/2 c. milk
3 to 4 slices white bread, broken in pieces
handful of Grape-Nuts cereal
3/4 tsp. ground sage
1 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
1/2 c. chopped parsley
about 2 Tbsp. flour (for making gravy) and 1 to 2 c. water

Preparation

Mix all ingredients (except flour) in a large bowl (knead with hands), meat first, then dry ingredients, then remaining ingredients.
Set in covered bowl in refrigerator to blend for 1 to 2 hours.
Form into loaf and bake in uncovered, greased pan at 300\u00b0 for about 1 3/4 to 2 hours.
Make gravy from drippings, using the 2 tablespoons flour and water.
(Best if made and baked one day and served the next.)