Meatloaf and plank taters

[Clay Neubauer]

Finally got a brief window of the right weather to get me in the mood for the first truly outdoor cook of the season. A couple of meatloaf pics on here lately and the cedar planked mashed potatoes idea were at the top of my list.
2 lbs of ground beef, 1 lb pork sausage, and 1 lb turkey out of the freezer plus an onion and some peppers, nothing much else for flavor but a shot of S&P.

Oh, I guess I did use my PVC plunger to stuff it with mozzarella and spinach.

Potatoes mashed up with a load of cream, butter, cheddar cheese, garlic, and chives and pasted on cedar plank.

Let it go to work for awhile.

Some of the spectators.

Anybody ever cooked a heron?

Time to eet.

And operating on the theory that the only thing better than meatloaf is leftover meatloaf, I had it again the next night, and invited Tom Collins over for dinner. He had been hibernating overwinter, I think. The cedar planked taters are easy and fantastic, you gotta try them. The flavor is not intense, but it comes through very nicely.

 

[Paul Kastner]

wonderful cook. everthing from the meatloaf to the potatoes look great.

 

[Tim McCann]

Nice blind! Oh, nice loaf too!

 

[Mildo]

Dude, where have you been until now? Your shots are absolutely perfect! The same applies to your cooking, of course.

 

[Tony R]

Nice cook and great pictures!!

 

[Mike Coffman]

Great looking cook and photos Clay!

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

Clay is my sons name, so I like you anyway, but those pics are a work of art, and so is the food.

 

[JimmyE]

Man, if that's your first cook of the season I can't wait to you get warmed up! Nice job! Great pics too!

 

[Wolgast]

Looks great! First time i´v seen mash loaf style(I like)

 

[John Solak]

Very nice!!

 

[Andy Beers]

Looks good

 

[Clay Neubauer]

Dude, where have you been until now? Your shots are absolutely perfect! The same applies to your cooking, of course.

Thanks, guess I've just been training! The cooking and the photo hobby are always a work in progress, but given how much I've learned from this site it sure makes me feel good to be able to contribute something back.

 

[GlenM]

Never even heard of let alone seen taters done like that........fantastic! gotta try that.......if you don't mind of course!

 

[Bob Mann]

That is a great looking cook and pics Clay!

 

[Clay Neubauer]

Never even heard of let alone seen taters done like that........fantastic! gotta try that.......if you don't mind of course!

They are super easy. Not much different than twice baked potatoes I guess, but simpler to do in quantity. Just boil, mash, add whatever butter/cheese/herbs/cream you want, chill for a few hours to make it set up enough that you can form it into a loaf, and you are in business.