Meatballs, meatloaf, Salisbury steak; what's the difference?

[CookieMonster]

if curious, search "Salisbury Steak"
nothing to do with UK 'Salisbury'
a US Doctor James H Salisbury (1823-1905) decided eating ground beef for breakfast/lunch/dinner was a miracle diet for 'everything that ails you"
the "Salisbury steak" was his invention - a seasoned ground beef patty . . .
which one could confuse with 'a hamburger' . . .

a "meat loaf" is nothing more than an elongated hamburger patty . . . . there is absolutely no 'one&true" definition of what seasonings make / create - - - exclusively a hamburger, a Salisbury steak, or a "meatloaf"
the one potential exception is the use of a "sauce" - required? in a Salisbury steak dish, absent for hamburger/meatloaf

 

[medtran49]

More of a dogs are allergic to them thing but yes, GG for short.

They can cause life threatening anemia in small dogs in quantity.

 

[msmofet]

I didn't think dogs and cats could eat onions because of it being dangerous.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I know you are not much of a meat eater, but I found an excellent recipe for Salisbury steak I've made a few times and my DH absolutely raved about it

Hey, you know what, that looks really good! I'm a bit weird; I'll eat minced meat, but not whole chunks. Chewing just gets to me.
Any idea where the name "Salisbury" comes from? It's a city in West England - sang in the cathedral there many moons ago!
Edit: just saw CookieMonster's post; problem solved

 

[JAS_OH1]

Hey, you know what, that looks really good! I'm a bit weird; I'll eat minced meat, but not whole chunks. Chewing just gets to me.
Any idea where the name "Salisbury" comes from? It's a city in West England - sang in the cathedral there many moons ago!
Edit: just saw CookieMonster's post; problem solved

I get it, my DH has some dental issues that make it difficult for him to bite into some foods and chewing isn't always easy, so these made him happy. Yeah the recipe author gives some background on how Salisbury steak got it's name.

Cool you sang in the cathedral there! I've always been interested in your musical endeavors and wanted to hear more about your Albert Hall experience as well. Tell me again about the holes? Lololol

 

[badjak]

To me, meatballs have Indonesian flavouring (ground beef, onion, garlic, ketjap, chili powder, egg, breadcrumb).
My meatloaf is the same, just a different shape and put in the smoker instead of fried in oil

 

[Barriehie]

I like meatballs and hamburger shapes more since they cook faster. If I'm to make meatloaf it's a winter thing.

 

[msmofet]

I sometimes mix up a batch of Italian meatballs or meatloaf. Then I shape into burgers and fry. They cook quicker and get nice and browned all over. I will sometimes simmer the meatball burgers in my tomato sauce, then serve with buttered rice (some sauce on top) and green beans.
Meatloaf burgers get browned all over and brown gravy, spinach and mashed.
Salisbury steak are oval-shaped burgers. Not much added to the meat (sometimes a bit of fine diced onion). Seasoned with all-purpose, browned then simmered in brown onion gravy.

 

[karadekoolaid]

All that sounds a bit complicated for what basically is a baked hamburger.
We very rarely make meatloaf, but meatballs are another thing. I've got recipes for Italian, Swedish, Syrian, Lebanese, Chinese, Thai and Turkish meatballs. If you change the language and call them "kofta" (or "kafta") then you can include Persia and India in the equation.

 

[JAS_OH1]

All that sounds a bit complicated for what basically is a baked hamburger.

It's an awful lot of sodium. That recipe link I provided is a good one, not saying that CM's isn't tasty, but it's all that salt. I am sure your BP is great but mine is under control with medication. I think that CM's recipe would send me over the top.

 

[karadekoolaid]

That recipe link I provided is a good one, not saying that CM's isn't tasty, but it's all that salt.

Well if I were to make that, I certainly wouldn't use a Lipton packet or a McCormick packet or saltines. No way. Finely diced onion, perhaps, with some fresh herbs, a fresh mushroom gravy and my own breadcrumbs. That'd eliminate about 90% of the salt!

 

[msmofet]

I just make a basic Salisbury steak. I guess it’s pretty bland. Basically a hamburger. It gets most of the flavor from the onion gravy.

 

[medtran49]

It's an awful lot of sodium. That recipe link I provided is a good one, not saying that CM's isn't tasty, but it's all that salt. I am sure your BP is great but mine is under control with medication. I think that CM's recipe would send me over the top.

Craig used to use the Lipton French onion soup dry mix, no crackers though, but I didn't like it because it made the Salisbury steaks dry as sawdust to me.

 

[msmofet]

Craig used to use the Lipton French onion soup dry mix, no crackers though, but I didn't like it because it made the Salisbury steaks dry as sawdust to me.

I use some onion soup packet in meatloaf. I use only enough rolled oats and egg just enough to hold meat together. I think oats keep it moist.

 

[Barriehie]

Well if I were to make that, I certainly wouldn't use a Lipton packet or a McCormick packet or saltines. No way. Finely diced onion, perhaps, with some fresh herbs, a fresh mushroom gravy and my own breadcrumbs. That'd eliminate about 90% of the salt!

I'd have to go this route as well. I'm too cheap to buy packets of anything when I'm picking it up and figuring the cost per unit whatever and it's zip for nutrition. I'd probably sub half the bread crumbs with whizzed in the Cuisinart crispy onions.