Great Scandal, Great Recipe

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22 Jan 2006 07:42 PM

I have two great passions in my life (other than hubby and baby): Food and the Entertainment business. Any time I can combine the two, I am very happy. From eating at Spagos in Beverly Hills to planning my snacks for Academy Awards day, I love anything that combines the two. So I was very happy when I stumbled upon the book "Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals." The cool thing about this book is with each chapter of a scandal, it ends with one of the celeb's favorite dish. So allow me to dish up a scandal with a tasty recipe.

She was the epitome of what a movie star should be - talented with hard-core ambition and a larger than life image. But, Joan Crawford's image was shattered when adopted daughter Christina dumped the dirt on her in her tell-all biography "Mommie Dearest." If you have read the book or seen the movie, you probably cannot see a wire hanger without striking a Joan post and shouting, "No ... wire ... hangers EVER." Apparently, Joan was not the most loving of mothers, but she made a mean meatloaf. Joan donated this recipe to the Motion Picture Country Home (the retirement community for workers in the entertainment industry) for their charity cookbook. As if a movie star like Joan had time to cook!

Your shopping list will consist of 2 pounds of ground sirloin, 1 pound of pork sausage, 1 pound of ground veal, eggs, 1 large Bermuda onion, 2 green bell peppers, A1 Steak Sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and Lawry's seasoned salt.

Chop onion and bell peppers into fine pieces. Hard-boil four eggs. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the meats, 3 raw eggs, onion, green peppers, 1 tablespoon of Lawry's seasoned salt, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, and 1 teaspoon of A1. Mix well and shape into a loaf in a large, shallow pan. Peel the hard-boiled eggs and gently place them into the loaf. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of Lawry's seasoned salt, 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, and 2 teaspoons of A1, creating a crust on top of the loaf. Pour 1 cup of water in the pan (not over the loaf) and bake for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300 and cook 30 more minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250 and cook another 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Enjoy your meatloaf, a la Joan.

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Libby Pelham is a work-at-home mom located in Jacksonville, NC. She has a beautiful little boy, Will, born in July of 2004.

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Jaime Egan (2178) 30 Jan 2006 03:31 AM

Wow. I never knew Joan Crawford had time to cook in between her acting and fits of rage. I will have to try this one.