BUNGET-STRETCHER MEAT LOAF

Ingredients:

1 small red pepper

1 small green pepper

1 cup chopped onion

1 ½ lbs. Ground beef

2 cups coarsely crumbled

  Saltines

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. celery salt

½ tsp. paprika

¼ tsp. pepper

2 eggs

1 cup milk

½ lb. cheese cut in ½ cubes

1 tbsp. butter or margarine

Cut stem ends from peppers, remove seeds.

Slice 4 thin rings from center of each and set aside for garnish.

Chop remaining peppers (about ½ cup.

Sauté chopped peppers and onion in shortening just until soft.

Mix ground beef lightly with saltines, salt celery salt, paprika, pepper,

    Eggs and mix until well blended; stir in pepper-onion mixture then fold in cheese cubes.

Pack lightly into a 6-cup oval round baking dish; unmold in shallow baking pan; score

1.       Top in cress-cross pattern.

Bake in moderate oven 350F (177 C) 1 hour or until brown.

Sauté pepper rings in butter or margarine turning once, until slightly wilted

Arrange around loaf. Serve 6 to 8.