Ollie Fearing's Meat Loaf

        1 lb ground beef or veal
      1/2 lb bulk pork sausage
        1 sm onion, -- diced
        1    carrot -- diced
        2    stalks celery, -- diced
      1/2 c  chopped green pepper
        1    clove garlic, -- chopped
        2 TB chopped parsley
      3/4 c  bread crumbs
  :          Salt and pepper
        1    egg, -- beaten
    1 1/2 c  diced tomatoes
        1 ts Tabasco
        1 TB Worcestershire sauce
        2    bacon slices

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl combine beef, pork, onion, carrot, celery, green pepper, garlic, parsley and half of the bread crumbs. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in egg, tomatoes, Tabasco and Worcestershire. Shape meat mixture into a loaf shape in a large cast-iron skillet. Top with bacon strips and remaining bread crumbs. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, until cooked through.


Yield: 4 Servings