Country Beef Loaf

• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 12 lb mushroom, trimmed & sliced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 cup celery, Thinly sliced
• 1 cup carrot, pared, Shredded
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 lbs beef, Ground
• 12 cup all-purpose flour, Sifted
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 teaspoon fines herbes (optional)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce or 12 cup ketchup

1. Combine butter or margarine, mushrooms, onion, celery, carrots, and water in a medium-size frying pan.
2. Heat to boiling, cover and cook 10 minutes or until vegetables are crispy tender.
3. Combine ground beef, flour, salt, seasoned salt, fines herbes, soy sauce, and cooked vegetable mixture in a large bowl.
4. Mix lightly, until well-blended.
5. Shape into a rectangular loaf, 8 X 6, in a greased jelly-roll pan.
6. Bake in moderate over (350 degrees) for 1 hour, or until crusty-brown.
7. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving, if you wish.

butter, mushroom, onion, celery, carrot, water, beef, flour, salt, salt, fines herbes, soy sauce

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/country-beef-loaf-7711 (may not work)