Meatloaf

"Whatcha makin’?" my son asks as he hungrily looks over my shoulder as I was preparing dinner.

"Meatloaf." I answer as I smile to myself knowing full well what reaction that will bring.

"Oh." he says disappointedly as he walks away.

Yup, that was the reaction! lol. As always, I am reminded of a time when Steven and Stephanie were young teenagers and we had been a ‘blended family’ for close to two years. Everyone was seated at the table and Dennis and I got their plates ready and placed them in front of the kids. As I put Stephanie’s in front of her, I noticed a look of alarm flash across her face. I was confused and even more so as I turned back to the stove and heard her whisper "Are we in trouble?! What did we do?!"

She obviously wasn’t talking to me, but I had to butt in here. I asked her what she was talking about and after squirming in her chair a bit, she said I only serve meatloaf when I am mad at them!!

"No I don’t! Dad and I like meatloaf!"

"Yes, you do! And NO one likes meatloaf!" she says with conviction.

At this point, Dennis and I can’t help but laugh and both disagree with her again. The other 2 kids tell her to shut up before she gets them in trouble and I point out that she only has a little bit of meatloaf and it’s smothered in gravy anyway. I also point out that it’s just a big burger sliced up but noooooo, it’s gross!

This incident still makes me grin to this day because I am always absolutely amazed that this child could equate one single meal with being in trouble because these kids were always, and I do mean always in trouble! Let’s not forget that we really were literally on the school’s speed dial that Steven and Stephanie attended! LOL!

So I have a new recipe for meatloaf now that we love which calls for apples! I can only imagine what Stephanie would have made of that back then. She probably wouldn’t have been able to keep herself from running out of the house screaming!

wintergrey

February 27, 2007

I have never had meatloaf, but the apple version sounds lovely!

Mom, no one DOES like meatloaf!!! 0:)

wickedgood

I like the meatloaf that I make (just like my Mom’s and my Grandma’s!), but I would never order it in a restaurant. Apples – I’ll have to try that.

I ~*LOVE*~ meatloaf! Newby and I try to have at least once every week. I use the WW recipe. 🙂

Gemini rulz

The meatloaf with apples does sound good. I have a daughter who isn’t a hamburger fan….but the rest of my family loves meatloaf-especially with mashed potatoes!

Ok, ok, I guess some people do like meatloaf. Weirdos. ;P

Meatloaf goes over well in this household. I just don’t make it very often. Nobody ever asks for it though, come to think of it.

I’m with FireFaerie, I don’t particularly like meatloaf. It’s funny our friends P & J requested meatloaf for one of our Friday dinners. I found a recipe w/ sundried tomatoes and pine nuts. I went gourmet w/ meatloaf, if one can do such a thing. I also used turkey burger in an attempt to make it healthier. It wasn’t bad…but still a loaf of meat…hmm, yeah, there’s just something about it.