March Meatloaf Madness

 

In the past week or so, I've been asked a couple of times if I've ever thought about making a meatloaf for the blog, wellllllllllllll, true confession:

I make horrible meatloaf. sigh

I don't know why, but perfect meatloaf -- that succulent, light, flavorful, and browned to perfection lump of meaty goodness -- continues to allude me despite my better efforts.  Please don't ask why I can whip together a five course fancy pants gourmet meal for six but can't toss together a simple, edible meatloaf for everynight fare.  I'm just ironic that way.

SO...I had this crazy notion to enlist some meatloaf-making help in the form of a readers contest. Yay!

Welcome to
MARCH MEATLOAF MADNESS!

Going to make this really simple, to enter:

1) Email a copy of your favorite and/or best meatloaf recipe to theculinarycreative@gmail.com by Wed March 13, 2013 (11:59 PM EST).

2) Each contest entry will be reviewed in consultation with my expert panel of culinary judges (i.e., Guinea Pig Mom and Dad).

3) Each member of the juding panel will pick their favorite among the recipes submitted which will then be featured as posts on The Culinary Creative at the end of the month.  If you send me a recipe, I'm going to take that as consent to make, photograph, and publish (with full credit given to the recipe provider, of course) that recipe online.  Just sayin.

4) Super Cool Prizes (yet to be determined) will be awarded to the top 3 recipes chosen and featured on TCC.

Sounds easy, right?  I hope you will indulge me in this endeavor and send me something good stuff because I know a lot of you have some gems in your recipe stash and I NEED some serious meatloafing assistance.

Let the games begin! 

Check It Out: House-Autry Anniversary Cookbook Recipe Search

This looked like a fun opportunity so I thought I'd forward it for you to check out.

"House-Autry Mills is looking for Southern recipes that incorporate at least one House-Autry product. Additionally, the company hopes to learn the stories and traditions behind these special recipes. The best recipes will be included in the cookbook and possibly featured on the House-Autry Mills Facebook page, YouTube page or website at http://www.house-autry.com/." (WooHoo, 15 minutes of fame, here we come!)

“House-Autry Mills will be celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2012, and we wanted to do something special,” said Jamie Hall, House-Autry Mills business development manager. “Compiling a Southern cookbook gives us an opportunity to hear from the people that have supported us for all these years and preserve their recipes for future generations.”

Now for you Yankee cooks out there (and I say this lovingly because I am actually one of you, I may be Southern by choice, but I'm Northern by birth), if you aren't familiar with House-Autry, they make breading and flours and all kinds of good stuff like that.  Every year at the NC State Fair, they sponsor the hush puppy booth (mmm, hush puppies).  So if you have a favorite breaded food recipe that you think may be Southern-friendly, then I say give it a whirl and submit it, you never know what could happen.

To submit a recipe and the story behind it, visit www.house-autry.com/contest. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2011. 
 
If you do decide to submit a recipe, let me know.  Would love to feature it in a future post!  Good luck and good cookin', y'all!