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[nursejulia]

On 2/28/2015 lacey1 said:

I don't know why you couldn't partially fill a regular meatloaf pan half full, put in a stuffing, and then put more meatloaf mixture on top. For stuffing I would suggest a nice spinach/cheese/rice filling rather than a wounded creature.

That is exactly what I do. I use ground turkey flavored with garlic powder, egg, bread crumbs, and some ketchup with mozzarella and a pack of thawed chopped spinach for filling. Very tasty and not fatty.

[chickenbutt]

On 2/28/2015 lacey1 said:

I don't know why you couldn't partially fill a regular meatloaf pan half full, put in a stuffing, and then put more meatloaf mixture on top. For stuffing I would suggest a nice spinach/cheese/rice filling rather than a wounded creature.

Yeah, really! I'm not big on meatloaf, not having made one for eons, but it's pretty simple if you want to put something in the middle.

I would agree that the presentation was kind of gross. Also, I watched it just out of curiosity as to how that thing worked since it was such a strange-looking piece. During the presentation that I saw they never covered that. One time the vendor started to show how it worked and was interrupted by the host for some reason or another and it never got back to that.

Seems like they always make everything SEEM so complicated that no mere human could do the (whatever - du jour) task without purchasing the silly gadget they're selling. That's always good for a laugh.

[lucylover64]

I must say I found the presentation interesting but the outcome really did not look very appealing to me.

[AuntG]

Well you got me interested in what the product looks like. I think I need to look it up.

[PamelaSue72]

I just did look it up. Is it the Miracle Meatloaf Pan by Chef Tony or something like that?

Geez, I've had a similar item for many years now....sans the lid. It's just a two-piece pan, nothing fancy. The top pan has holes in it and that's where you put the meat loaf. As the meatloaf bakes, the grease and fat fall through the holes into the bottom pan. It really does work. When DH makes meatloaf (he's the meatloaf maker and he also does our hamburgers and meatballs), he always uses this pan. When he wants to "stuff" the meatloaf, he simply uses his (gloved) hand to make a indentation in half the mixture, puts in the stuffing and then pats the rest of the mixture around the stuffing into the pan. He has a similar gadget for when he wants to make stuffed burgers. (He likes his gadgets sometimes and I like his meatloaf and his burgers, so it works. )

I don't understand the big deal about it, but didn't see the presentation.

[chickenbutt]

Hi Pamela! As mentioned in the thread, this is a pan that has some kind of insert that allows you to put stuff into the middle of the meatloaf, so that's quite different from the one with the insert that allows the excess fat to drain out.

[PamelaSue72]

Oops. Well I did say that I hadn't seen the presentation. My apologies, chickenbutt.

[chickenbutt]

Well, you didn't miss anything! Even though I didn't have any interest in this item I watched one presentation because I was curious as to how this thing worked. It had this weird-looking piece and it was not immediately clear as to how it worked. But they never got around to explaining that in the presentation I watched so it was pretty much a waste of time anyway.

I think we all know how to put something in the middle of a blob of meat without that. hehe But they make it sound like it couldn't be done unless you buy this thing.

Oh, and no apology necessary. I just wanted to let you know what this item was vs what you thought it was. BTW, I also have one of those pans with the insert that has the holes in it. I must have gotten it years ago in a Cook's Essentials set of bakeware. I've never used the insert. I just use the outer pan as a loaf pan for quick breads because it's the exact size of a standard loaf pan.