In Praise of Meat Loaf

Or, what happens when your wife doesn’t care for formed meat?

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As a traditional southerner, I grew up loving meat loaf, that wonderful ground beef concoction held together by eggs, bread crumbs or chunks, onion, bell pepper, and lots of ketchup.

Maybe that all sounds good to you, and maybe it doesn’t. My mother, though, made excellent meat loaf, and my father…