Country Beef Loaf

2 tb Butter or margarine 1/2 lb Mushrooms,

trimmed & sliced 1 x Onion, diced (1 cup) 1 c Thinly sliced celery

1 c Shredded pared carrots 2 tb Water

2 lb Ground beef 1/2 c Sifted all-purpose flour

2 ts Salt 1 ts Seasoned salt

1 ts Fines herbes 2 tb Soy sauce

Combine butter or margarine, mushrooms, onion, celery, carrots, and water in a medium-size frying pan. Heat to boiling, cover and cook 10 minutes or until vegetables are crispy tender. Combine ground beef, flour, salt, seasoned salt, fines herbes, soy sauce, and cooked vegetable mixture in a large bowl. Mix lightly, until well-blended. Shape into a rectangular loaf, 8 X 6, in a greased jelly-roll pan. Bake in moderate over (350 degrees) for

1 hour, or until crusty-brown. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before

serving, if you wish. -----