I thought I'd share this. It's really good -- just like what I can get at the MaidRite. I am making it today in the crockpot -- I doubled it so I can freeze some of it.
It's from IowaGirlEats.com and I made just a teeny change (the Worc sauce).
"Mom's Maid-Rites"
1 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped OR 2 T dried, minced onion
1 beef buillion cube
1/2 cup water
Pepper (couple of shakes)
1 1/2 T soy sauce + 1 1/2 T steak sauce OR 2 T Worcestershire sauce
Stovetop:
Saute' beef and onions until cooked. Drain and return to pan. Add other ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes.
Crockpot:
Saute' beef and onions until cooked. Drain and place in crockpot. Add other ingredients. Cook on low for up to 4 hours.
This is my part: serve on buns with ketchup, mustard, and sliced bread-and-butter pickles (Or dill, if you go that way) and a spoon. YUMMMM.
BTW: I notice she has another recipe for quinoa and cheese (instead of mac n cheese -- no pasta). Maybe someone here can use it? It's in the January 18 blog posting. www.IowaGirlEats.com (http://www.iowagirleats.com)
I should make these sometime. While I don't like them (ground meat texture issues - I'm weird), I've been telling fiancee that he has to try one, and the Maid Rite in my hometown closed a few years ago, so I haven't been able to take him. I don't know of anywhere in Ohio that serves them.
I always bought school lunch on maid-rite days. I never ate the sandwich, but at our school, they always served them with green beans and a HUGE home-made cinnamon roll, made by this lovely grandmother that worked in our school cafeteria.