On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:56:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:12:37 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/28/2014 1:40 AM, sf wrote:
>>> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:05:07 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> >> ...
>>> >>
>>> >>> But there is no crusty, chewy, outside. But come to think of it,
>>> >>> when you
>>> >>> get meatloaf in a restaurant or even the small ones they sell at
>>> >>> Central
>>> >>> Market, they are not crusty or chewy. Is yours crusty and chewy on
>>> >>> the
>>> >>> outside?
>>> >>
>>> >> No, I don't care for "crusty and chewy" with meat loaf or meatballs.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > I've never thought about it. I guess you could say my meatloaf has
>>> > some sort of a crusty exterior, but I suppose it's because I use high
>>> > heat to bake.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> If it's like any meatloaf I've ever made, I'd call it browned. It's
>>> certainly not chewy.
>>>
>> Yeah, chewy is another way to say it's "tough" and ground meat isn't
>> tough AFAIC.
>
>It was when I was growing up.

Julie, you're still growing up.. and you still have a lot of growing
up to do... I doubt you'll ever ripen.