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.

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