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My Own Maid Rite Recipe


My Own Maid Rite Recipe
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I'm originally from the Midwest. Born in OH, moved to the South when I was 17. These sandwiches are a staple up North, just like Krystals are down here. No one here had ever heard of them. This is the way I've always done mine---the neighbors are alw... More

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Ingredients
  • 2 pounds good hamburger
  • 1 large yellow onion, diced finely
  • 4 tablespoons mustard (just the yellow table mustard is best)
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons black ground pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 12 oz. can Pepsi

Directions
  1. Brown hamburger, chopping finely. Drain well in colander by spraying with hot water. Return to pan.
  2. Add finely diced onion, mustard, sugars, spices and Pepsi.
  3. Simmer until Pepsi liquid is almost absorbed/thickened to a consistency for making sandwiches.
  4. Place onto a fresh hamburger bun, cover with cheese if desired.
  5. Enjoy!!!
  6. *note* Some people might liken the consistency of the sandwich to a "sloppy joe," but it's very much different. Milder, sweeter, and addictive!
  7. --Kn0x--

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We love our loosemeat sandwiches! bookmarking...


Great sandwich, us northern folks need to stick together even if we no longer live up north. You got my 5


Never heard of these so thank you....A gotta try...:)


Woohoo!THANKS JM


Looks like a winner to me...dave


Always wanted to try this! Of course I will have to sub the Pepsi for Coke lol! ;)


Oh yum!!! This sounds delish!


Fascinating...makes me want to eat meat again.


Never heard of loose meat. Very interesting though. Saved.


I used to date a guy from Illinois and he introduced me to these. Sounded wierd to me at the time but I was quickly a "believer". I'll definitely keep this recipe and introduced my Texan husband to them!


Wow!! I was just commenting to my wife that these sounded much like the Krystal burgers from the south, but crumbled. Right on!! Sounds good.


Well now, I'm going to have to try this one.


Hey! I grew up near a town with a Maidrites ~ which is still going strong today.

Every time we go back to visit family and friends they have to have 'em. I gave up on meat years ago, but still love sitting at the huge counter (it can seat 20, I swear) and drinking their heavenly milkshakes.

If you ever find yourself lost in the wilds of middle Iowa cornfields, stop in Marshalltown to try one out for yourself. =P


I tried these tonight, my gosh, they took me back. I could almost see the famous Wall of Gum at the Maid-Rite in Greenville, Ohio. ha, ha! Thanks for sharing this one.


Have got to try these this week, sound wonderful.


The first time I heard of loosemeat sandwiches (one word or two?) was when Roseanne and her then husband Tom went into the business somewhere in the midwest! These do remind me of Sloppy Joes in a way. Are they very sweet? Also, I have never heard of rinsing off cooked hamburger in hot water....but I think it's a good idea! I saw this in another one of your recipes. Getting ready to print this one out! Would adding jalapeno pepper be defiling this recipe??


My wife is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and I have made many variations of Maid rites. recently, I have discovered that when the restaurants took the catsup out of the stores ( because of the homeless people making soup from it) they added coca-cola syrup to the final step for an undetectable sweetness that isn't mentioned in any of the online recipes i have seen yet.


My wife is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and I have made many variations of Maid rites. recently, I have discovered that when the restaurants took the catsup out of the stores ( because of the homeless people making soup from it) they added coca-cola syrup to the final step for an undetectable sweetness that isn't mentioned in any of the online recipes i have seen yet.


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