"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:49:14 -0500, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
> >Oh, I'm totally with you on the anti-tomato (ketchup, catsup, whatever
you
> >want to call it) stuff on top of meatloaf. It's just *wrong*
Granted,
> >my recipe for meatloaf does call for a 1/4 cup of bottled cocktail sauce
> >mixed into the ground meat. But aside from some extra flavour and
moisture
> >you can't tell it's there. It's certainly not slathered on the top. I
> >prefer a nice brown gravy with meatloaf. Or no gravy at all, since I
don't
> >always make mashed potatoes to go with it. (sacrilege, I'm sure!)
>
> I put a little ketchup *in* my meatloaf, too. But I'd never frost my
> meatloaf with tomato-anything. Doesn't go with the brown gravy.
>
> And yes, you're commiting a cardinal sin by not making mashed potatoes
> with meatloaf. And a can of corn. White corn.
>
> Carol


My mom's fave meal was meatloaf, mashed potatoes and peas. Whereas FBS
wants meatloaf, mac and cheese and french cut green beans.
-ginny
(who prefers the latter)