Uncle Johns mouth watering meatloaf recipe from San Francisco!

Uncle John was a beautiful man...an artist, dancer, florist, and self-made chef! This is the most delicious meatloaf I've ever tasted! Its a little time consuming, but we'll worth the effort! Chop the celery and onions fine, it makes such a difference...you will not regret making this....make this for a special occasion/ it is scrumptious with a fresh salad and your favorite crusty bread. Enjoy! <3 will provide photo later, sorry :(

Lauren Loveless @cook_5828859

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Ingredients

1 1/2 poundground beef
1/2 poundground pork
1 1/2bread crumbs day old is best
2eggs
1 stalkcelery chopped fine
1medium onion, chopped fine
2 Tbspchopped parsley (or 1 Tbsp dried)
1/2 tspchopped fresh thyme (1/4 dried)
1 1/2 tspsalt
freshly ground pepper
1 Tbspunsalted butter
2Bay leaves
1/2 cupmilk

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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Grease large loaf pan. Heat butter in a skillet saute onions and celery until transparent, but not brown. About 3 minutes. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, dribble milk over bread crumbs. Stir, let stand until crumbs have absorbed evenly. Add all other ingredients except bay mix well. leaves, and mix well. With the hands is best.
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Place bay leaves on bottom of pan. Form meat into a loaf and shape - place in pan. Bake for one and a half to two hours or until a roast meat thermometer reaches 160 degrees.
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Remove from oven and let rest for five minutes. Remove inner pan and let drain several seconds. Turn loaf onto warm serving platter. Remove bay leaves and slice. Makes 6 to 8 servings. Enjoy!
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This is a scrumptious recipe. Make this for a special occasion or a very special person. You will not regret it!
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