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[edit] History of meatloaf?

Is anything known about the history of meatloaf? I'm curious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.197.61.5 (talk) 16:58, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] signed for the love of goddess

--Rakista 23:57, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Example - My wife`s cooking is so bad she could ruin a meat loaf ! "much canned laughter" See Also The Simpsons - Meat Loaf Night etc..

--[GOLEM100]--

Yeah, the reason I stayed away from meatloaf was its bad rep from American TV shows - not so much that it's badly cooked, but you see so many situations where teenagers sit around the dinner table and, when told that it's "meatloaf again", raise their eyes to heaven. Anyway, I just made it for the first time tonight and it was goooood!--Shtove 20:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it that meatloaf is a staple dish that's cheap and easy to cook. It's a cliche. - perfectblue 20:00, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cat position?

Should this article also mention that "meatloaf" is a somewhat well known cat position? Its created when the two front paws of a cat are tucked neatly under its body while resting.

--GARYsurvivor 07:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I've never heard of this as being used, and I've owned cats since I was 5. 24.99.238.8 21:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Americanocentrism?

Meatloaf-like dishes are well-known in other countries, yet the article makes it sound like something inherently American. Could someone try to reduce the American focus of the article a bit? I have no idea where to start. — Ashmodai (talk · contribs) 21:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

living in Southern Germany I notice that both meatloaf and hashbrowns ( espoecially in Switzerland ) are common here : did the American version originate in germany? ( note the large number of German immigrants to north west US and the jump meatball to meatloaf is a bigger jump ). 145.253.108.22 10:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

While there are dishes in other countries that have a similar structure to Meatloaf , I think that Meatloaf should be considered to be an intrinsically American dish. Meatballs, British sausages, etc are all quite distinctly different. They have different histories, different shapes/forms and are all consumed in a different way. Thus I think that this is one of those cases where it is fair that a page is Americentric. We can mention other dishes, but I think they shouldn't be much more than as see also.
perfectblue 19:59, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Texas Meatloaf?

I live in Texas, and I have never heard of BBQ sauce being put on meatloaf. It is actually much more common for meatloaf to be topped with tomato paste mixed in with the grease, which is also used as a gravy for mashed potatoes.

[edit] Head Cheese

Why is head cheese listed in the see also section? Pgrote 20:47, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Because head cheese is a mixture of meats, loosely held together with filler, as is meatloaf. Joyous! | Talk 22:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)