So far it does not look like a regional thing- there's ketchup in all directions, same with the gravy.
What you do with ground meat right before it goes bad. And you disguise the possible 'off' taste with oatmeal.
"HEY MA, can we get some meatloaf?!" "HEY MA! The meatloaf, we want it now! THE MEATLOAF!" "MAMA! The meatloaf!! FUCK!!"
Also, what do y'all put in your meatloaf? We do bread crumbs/or toasted bread, green pepper, onion, and something else. I don't recall what.
This thread makes me think about that "Hopper" commercial....where grandpa has been in the basement for a week...you know, where he throws the fishing net on the basement stair rail, and taps it...."MEATLOAF...AND SOME BEERS!!!!!"
While I agree Bob's description doesn't do justice to the deliciousness that is meatloaf, I remember--no, I can't forget--a post I read on here somewhere from a certain someone that described a dinner something like this: a filet, a baked potato, green beans, and yeast rolls, all washed down with a lot of ice-cold Mountain Dew. That sounds like a guy that'd hoover up Bob's meatloaf. (That shit is green.)
Huh. I'd try that. Until recently I wasn't a ketchup guy, but I've been eating a lot of burgers recently, and a lot of those burgers come with 'house-made' ketchup (or tomato chutney, or tomato jam, or whatever pretentious name they give the stuff). The first few times I was completely prepared to hate the stuff, but I'm a convert now. Some of that stuff is delicious. If I ever make french fries at home, I'd try the ketchup too.
I'm good with the bad meat and stale bread. I draw the line at ketchup. I remember liking it when I was younger but I can't remember the last time I ate ketchup. Can you cover meatloaf in Mustard?
Wierd...must be different at the bottom of the hetero heap. Real men don't require that our meat be pre-chewed by grinding it up. What kind of nancy do you have to be to not be able to chew your own meat?