Years before she became Mrs. Paul McCartney and obviously before she became a vegetarian, Linda McCartney, aka Mrs. J. Melville See Jr., was featured in an Arizona Daily Star column called βEverybody Cooks.β Mrs. See presented her favorite menu for entertaining friends: Meat Loaf, Cucumber Mousse and Orange Bavarian Creme.
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Sheaffer file photo
Linda and Heather preparing a meal in 1965.
The article published on Jan. 11, 1965, said Mrs. See, whose first name was never included in the article, was an accomplished cook. She especially liked these three recipes because the ingredients were available all year round.
In addition to cooking, Mrs. See was a student at the UA majoring in art history and the mother of a little girl, Heather, who was then almost two years old.
Here is the Meat Loaf recipe:
Linda McCartneyβs Meat Loaf recipe
3 pounds meat loaf mix (veal, beef, pork)
3/4 pint sour cream
2 large onions, cubed
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons monosodium glutamate
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup worcestershire sauce
2 to 3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1/2 cup katsup
Saute onions in butter until golden brown. Mix the above ingredients, including onions, in a large bowl. Mold into a meatloaf shape in a large ungreased pan.
Combine 1 (1-pound 12 ounce) can of Italian tomatoes, 1 pint tomato juice and 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste. Pour over meatloaf.
Cook about 2 hours in a 375-400 degree oven. Until sauce is thick.
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1978 Star photo
The McCartneyβs fled from a photographer during their Tucson stay in 1978.
Within a few years, Mrs. See was divorced. She married Paul McCartney in 1969. Although they seemed to have been chased away from Tucson in 1978, the McCartneyβs did return and purchased property here in 1979.
Linda McCartney died here in 1998. She had breast cancer.
