American Food

[citygirl]

I use carne picada for meat loafs, in chili, for burgers, etc. As ElQueso said, key is to find a good meat store where the picada is good quality.

Pickles - closest I have found is in makro of all places. Not quite US style dill pickles but decent.

 

[Hop]

BTW - my traditional meatloaf recipe combines 2/3 ground beef with 1/3 ground pork sausage. You can use chorizos for this - just cut the "skin" and unpeel it, then mix it with the ground beef. Not quite as good as Jimmy Dean ground pork sausage, but...

Good tip! I've been working on perfecting my meatloaf recently. I'll have to try this!