Sausagemeat Loaf

The basic idea of a meatloaf is a very old one. In the Middle Ages, they would pound meats together with spices and other flavourings before stiffening with eggs and breadcrumbs and baking. It is probable that the recipe was taken to America by the Pilgrim Fathers, and it has since come back to Britain as the seemingly uniquely American ‘meatloaf’.

A meatloaf is a useful dish as it can be eaten hot or cold, both giving and sharing lots of flavour. It’s as a cold dis