I don't really know why I call this 'Dutch Meatloaf', as far as I know there is no such thing. At least it isn't a dutch traditional recipe. A dutch friend asked me why it was called dutch meatloaf after seeing the picture i posted on facebook and my answer was that it was because I made it. There are some references online about a Pennsylvania Dutch Meatloaf recipe but mine is quite different. I made this with reference to a 'dutch' meatball dinner we used to have in holland and my inspiration from Texan Barbecue and other Southern (US) style food. I cooked the meatloaf in the oven but would definitely recommend trying this during the summer on the (kettle) barbecue. This is also great as a coldcut on sandwiches or as a burger and once cooked can be stored in the fridge or freezer, hence why the measurements are generous and would feed 10-12 people quite easily, which also makes it really good value. Anyway please try and enjoy!
Ingredients:
900 gr / 1kg (2 lbs) Mince meat
150 gr Bacon Lardons (Smoked)
150 gr Button mushrooms, chopped (any mushroom will do, use what is in season and your own taste)
200 gr Carrots, finely chopped
2 medium white onions, finely chopped
1 red pepper, finely chopped
2 sticks of celery, finely chopped
2 eggs
150 gr breadcrumbs
2 tsp Black pepper
2 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Salt
Oregano (or Italian seasoning)
1 tsp Paprika powder (Smoked / Spicy)
2 tbsp Tomato sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp Soya Sauce (dark)
Method
pre-heat oven to 160C
Gently fry bacon with a little bit of oil until slightly browned and add the onions. Continue to gently cook until onions are soft and translucent.
Add all the other vegetables (carrot / celery / mushrooms / red pepper) and sweat them for another 5 minutes.
add seasoning (dry); Pepper, salt, cumin, oregano, paprika powder and stir well. Cook for another 3 minutes and take of heat.
Put the raw mince in a large bowl and add the 2 eggs, soya sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and breadcrumbs and mix well
Now add cooled and cooked vegetables and again mix well. Once mixed turn the mixture out on a greased baking tray and shape into loaf. Make sure you press this quite tight as otherwise cracks might appear.
Cover loaf with a generous helping of tomato sauce or your favourite barbecue sauce. I actually used a combination of both and brushed it all over. This gives a really nice sticky glaze once cooked.
Cook for 1.5 hours on the middle shelf
Prepare all vegetables for the meatloaf in advance by chopping them finely
First fry bacon in a little olive oil and add onions before sweating them for 5 minutes on a gentle heat.
Add all the other vegetables and continue to cook for 5 more minutes
Add seasoning and stir them in and after an additional 3 minutes take of the heat and cool.
Once all the ingredients are mixed shape into loaf shape on greased oven tray.
Liberally spread tomato ketchup on top of the loaf and sides with brush.
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I encountered the mobile phone for the very first time in 1991 when our sales manager walked into our office with the biggest grin you can imagine after having the new device installed at a specialist carphone installation company in Amsterdam. The entire office staff gathered around the meeting table where he had placed the newest technology in the centre so everyone could have a good look at the device. It was the size of a shoebox took 10 hours to charge for 30 minutes talk time. The only reason our boss had made this, significant, investment was because he could now call the sales rep whenever he was on the road and didn't have to wait for him to call the office from client- or public pay phones (remember those?). Although we were all in awe of the technology and indeed the price tag associated with it I could not imagine this big and heavy device becoming an integral part of our lives so quickly and in such a significant way.
1980s Motorola DynaTAC Promotional Video
My first mobile phone
I cannot remember exactly when i got my first mobile phone and I certainly cannot remember why I got one either. It was probably 1997/1998 and it was an Ericsson GA628. I didn't really need a mobile phone either for work or personal reasons and I rarely used it as hardly any of my friends / family had a phone and I certainly couldn't afford to make calls or send texts. Calls with Esat Digicom (now O2) cost from 20p a minute to 80p a minute. So why did i get it? Well simply because I am a trendsetter although that sounds a little pompous and I certainly couldn't call myself that nowadays! I am more comfortable with the term 'early adopter' and would only apply that to the tech purchases in my life rather than anything else like fashion, music or cars.
Mobile phone growth
In 2008 it was estimated that one in two owned a mobile phone and between 1990 to 2011, mobile phone subscriptions increased from 12.4 million to over 6 billion. That is staggering really isn't it, I mean, can you think of any other product or technology for that matter that has grown the same amount in a similar period?
Game changer
And then the iPhone was released. I was very fortunate to have been close to the centre of the product launch as I was working for Apple in Cork, Ireland at the time. Those were exciting days! Not only following the development of the iMac and iBooks but also the iPod. It was, and is, astonishing for me to look back and see the impact of those products on the consumer market and the development of the mobile phone market.
Not only from a technology perspective but more so on how we as people interact with technology and through it with each other as people.
When we look at the amount of time we spent on mobile devices (phones / tablets / e-readers and laptops) on a daily basis and how much information we consume it is staggering. Compare this with the amount of time we spend communicating directly with people we have to wonder whether the information we consume is not in fact making us 'media-obese'. It is like we have just discovered fast food and just cannot get enough regardless of the substandard quality of what we consume.
It is kind of ironic in that regard to Coca Cola came up with this ad
This blog will be mainly used for my coursework for the Digital Media / eBusiness and Marketing course I am currently undertaking at DkIT (Dundalk Institute of Technology). I am hoping some of it will make sense! #digitaldkit14
