Ladies who lunch on pineapple!

Ladies Who Lunch:  Easy, elegant recipes for brunch, lunch or dinner by Ann Reed and Marilyn Pfaltz 1972  USA

Pineapple Ham Loaf & Fluffy Mustard Sauce

¼ cup light brown sugar, packed; 1-1 ¼ cups pineapple chunks, drained; cloves; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 can (300ml) cream of mushroom soup; ¼ cup ketchup; ¼ cup water; 450g ground cooked ham; 450g ground veal; 1 cup dry breadcrumbs; ½ tsp salt; pepper to taste; 1 onion, minced; 3 tblsp minced green pepper

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Grease a 23cm x 12cm loaf pan & sprinkle pan with the brown sugar. Stick pineapple chunks with clove & place, clove side down, to cover the bottom of the pan. Combine eggs, soup, ketchup & water. Thoroughly mix remaining ingredients. Pack on top of pineapple in pan. Bake for about 1 hr. remove from oven & invert on serving platter. May be served hot or cold with Fluffy Mustard Sauce.

Serves 8 - 10.

Fluffy Mustard Sauce

1 tblsp sugar; 3 tblsp prepared mustard; 2 tblsp vinegar; 1 tblsp water; 33/4 tsp salt; 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten; 1 tblsp butter, melted; 2-3 tsp horseradish; ½ cup heavy cream, whipped

Add sugar, prepared mustard, vinegar, water & salt to the beaten egg yolks. Cook over hot water, not boiling, & stir until thickened. Stir in butter & horseradish. Remove from heat & cool thoroughly. Fold in whipped cream. Serve at room temperature. Yield: 1 ¼ cups.

As those were seriously dull photos here's an inventive keyring given to me by Larna, to lighten things up! Anne.