Ahhhhhhh....... Didn't the Maid-Rite originate in Marshalltown? I used to get the sandwich in downtown Des Moines when I worked at Capital Square in the mid 1980's. :-)
I saved the following recipe article as printed in the Des Moines Register during that timeframe.
LaRue Grubbs of Perry, Joy Bricker of Earlham and Dott Barney of Des Moines shared their recipes, which taste like REAL Maid-Rites. Bricker and Barney sent the same recipes.
MAID-RITE-STYLE BEEF from LaRue Grubbs
4 pounds ground beef
2 onions, chopped
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 quart tomato juice
6 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup mustard
1-2 cups soda cracker crumbs
Cook beef and onions until done, but not completely brown; add salt and pepper. Blend tomato juice, eggs, and mustard. Simmer 30 minutes; remove from heat. Add to meat mixture and add crumbs. Mix.
MAID-RITE-STYLE BEEF -----from Joy Bricker and Dott Barney
2 pounds extra lean ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
Cook beef and onion until pink is gone. (Barney addes 2 teaspoons oil for browning meat.) Add broth and simmer until broth is absorbed.
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There are some recipes I have saved from various parts of the USA where I have lived. The above was copied from the actual newspaper clipping. :-)
Last edited by kay carlson; 01-16-2013 at 04:26 PM.