So I log onto facebook this morning, and my brother in law has sent me this link. Its all about how to make this:

 

A hand shaped meatloaf. Brother in Law said, it reminded him of me. Which got me to thinking a lot about meatloaf. I have never really had meatloaf before. Once my neighbor made it, and I had a bite, but that is about it. Why would meatloaf remind him of me?

Then I  realized everything I cook ends up looking like the meatloaf hand, that MUST be why he thought of me.... Seriously, I cook about as well as I do advanced calculus.  Anywhoo though, back to meatloaf...

My mom has a select number of dishes that she will cook: spaghetti, tacos, lasagne, "chicken delight" (don't ask), Sub Sandwiches, Steak... thats all I can think of...sure she would throw in the occaisional Chef Salad, but for the most part she didn't deviate from her tried and true. It would suffice to say that my siblings and I grew up with a very simplistic palate.

My brother fears meatloaf, because we watched Roseanne as children. Apparently Roseanne made meatloaf every night, and my brother now associates it with being "white trash". I don't "do" meatloaf, because I can't eat anything that I don't recognize...EVER. I can't really state how my sister feels about meatloaf, but since she is six feet tall, has a chihuahua, and a coach purse, I'm just guessing she isn't a fan either. But that is probably type casting...

I have been pondering the meatloaf issue all day. Am I really American if I haven't had meatloaf? Or am I special because I can say "I've never had meatloaf"? Or does it make me embarassingly elitist?

Once I ate "salmon loaf" does that count?

Maybe the cure to all those times I lay sleepless in bed all night could be cured by something as simple as meatloaf? Maybe. I was thinking xanax but meatloafs got to be cheaper.

Every mother thinks their child is the most beautiful and every child thinks that their Mom's meatloaf is the best. I grew up with out a meatloaf recipe, maybe thats where my authority issues stem from.

I'm going to go back to that site today, maybe I'll make the hand for my kids...Just in Case.

Take a minute out of your busy day today, to think about the significance of meatloaf....