This little piggy got loafed!

One thing I can say about Americans in 1966: They loved weird pig-based loaves! Seriously! Today's post is just a fraction of the recipes for porky loaves in Favorite Recipes of America: Meats Including Seafood and Poultry. 

A lot of them are ham loaves. I expected the Idaho Stuffed Ham Loaf to be filled with potatoes, since those are Idaho's most famous crop. 

Surprisingly, no! I'm not sure I would ever have guessed "Idaho stuffed" means "filled with spaghetti and hard-cooked eggs coated in white sauce," but that's apparently the meaning.

For those with a sweet tooth, the book offers a meaty variation of a pineapple upside-down cake. 

This one can also be made into a ring and filled with hot (likely overcooked!) veggies for those tired of the loaf format.

If you like the upside-down cake style but aren't a huge fan of pineapple, there's an orangey variant:

For those with a serious sweet tooth and who object that the addition of fruit makes the ham loaf too healthy, there's straight-up Caramel Ham Loaf.

Just cook your meat with a thick layer of brown sugar...

The pork loaves aren't limited to ham, either. There's a Bologna Loaf for when bologna is on sale, I guess.

Or for when you're running low on ground beef and have enough bologna to use it as filler.

And if it's still a few days until the paycheck comes, there's Frankfurter Meat Loaf.

Hot dogs stretched out with rice and cheese? I think my childhood self would have considered this gourmet food.

And as a bonus, I'll end this post with a meat loaf that doesn't have pork in it.

I'll bet the kids were thrilled when it was Hamburger-Clam Loaf night.

I'm just happy to reserve my loaf pans for actual bread, rather than having to stuff them full of random ground meats with filler. I never would have survived all those meat loaves in the '60s!