lets talk about one of my favorite dishes meatloaf
Oh man.  Your mom must have been a better cook than mine!
I can't answer that for sure but she likes to bake it in the oven with a mix of different peppers and onions some people ever smoked it
my mom put ketchup on the top of the loaf before baking.  I'm telling you, I gagged the whole time I ate it.
lol that's to bad what meat does she use some use pork beef and seafood 
She used beef.  Maybe pork would have been better.  Who created meatloaf, anyway?
, various techniques aim to keep the dish moist by either covering it with sauce or wrapping it, using moisture-enhancing ingredients in the mixture, or filling it with meats, cheese, or other vegetables.
History.
Meatloaf of minced meat was mentioned in the Roman cookery collection "Apicius" as early as the 5th century. Meatloaf is a traditional German, Scandinavian and Belgian dish, and it is a cousin to the Dutch meatball. American meatloaf has its origins in scrapple, a mixture of ground pork and
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