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Preheat oven to 375F.
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Place eggs in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water.
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Place over medium heat until water boils, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
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OR use your own favorite technique of making hard boiled eggs.
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Drain water from saucepan and run cold water over eggs until they are cool.
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Peel cooked eggs, leave whole, and set aside.
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In a medium bowl, combine meat, cinnamon, zaatar, onion, salt, pepper, and cumin.
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Mix thoroughly.
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Place a strip of aluminum foil, about 14 inches long, on a clean work surface.
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Place meat mixture on foil.
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Wet your hands slightly and shape mixture into a 3 1/2 8-inch oblong about 1/2-inch thick.
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Sprinkle meat with parsley.
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Arrange hard-cooked eggs end to end in the center of mixture.
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Shape mixture over eggs to form a loaf.
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Wrap aluminum foil tightly around meat.
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Place in roasting pan and bake uncovered for 40 minutes.
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Remove meat loaf from oven.
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Carefully unwrap foil using oven mitts and a fork.
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Pierce loaf with a sharp knife.
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If juices from center are no longer pink, meat loaf is done.
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If not, wrap package again and return to oven for 15 minutes.
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Leave loaf on UNWRAPPED foil to cool.
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When cool, refrigerate, uncovered, until cold.
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Slice and serve.
