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I am definitely eyeing the brownie recipes.

wild horses couldn't keep me from trying that cornichon spread.... and with comte? I can't believe I never thought about that myself.

Ann and Laura -- BINGO. I was going to write that, for me, it's a race between the French brownies and the cornichon spread for me. I'm LOLing that you two picked up on the same two recipes.

Any particular brand/store for cornichons?

I'm tempted by the brownie recipe, but I'm more likely to make the grilled cheese for lunch today. :)

Meatloaf will have to be next week's recipe. Tonight I'm whipping up a hefty casserole of potatoes, green beans, and ham out of Easter leftovers.

That meatloaf (country paté) recipe explains what I've seen at local grocery stores -- trio packs containing ground beef, pork and veal. I could never figure out what you'd do with three kinds of ground meat...

My grandmother in PA buys those trio packs to make cabbage rolls (aka halupkies in her region). Apparently, the trio is considered a standard meatloaf mix, but I've never ever seen them sold in my local grocery stores in TX.

I made a variant on the grilled cheese for lunch using what I had in my fridge. I chopped up some Queso Mahon, ham, and pickle, and mixed that up with some mayo and mustard. Mmm mmm.

Has anyone ground up meat in the food processor for meatloaf like the Minimalist's recipe suggests?

gochrisgo,
My mom would chop pork butt in the food processor all the time. She'd cut it into chunks no more than 2" square first, and would always be stopping the machine to mix the bigger pieces back into blade range. Large quantities were done in batches, so there wouldn't be big chunks added to fully chopped meat.