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a brick of dinner that taught loneliness it could be delicious
means A baked dish of ground meat mixed with binders like breadcrumbs and egg, seasonings, and often a glaze, shaped into a loaf and sliced.
from A plain compound of "meat" and "loaf" — "meat" from Old English "mete" (which once meant food in general, not just flesh, a sense that survives in "sweetmeat"), and "loaf" from Old English "hlaf," a shaped mass of baked dough. Together they describe the obvious: meat shaped and baked like bread. The dish itself has deep roots — Roman cookbooks describe minced-meat preparations — but the homely American "meatloaf" we picture rose with the meat grinder and thrifty home cooking, the kind of meal built to stretch a little protein with bread and eggs.
- depression staple
- stretched scarce meat through the Great Depression
- glaze first
- the ketchup top is non-negotiable canon
- ancient roots
- Romans bound minced meat with bread centuries ago
- rock alias
- a singer borrowed the name and sold millions
classic american meatloaf — ground beef dish baked in loaf form, standard comfort food in american cuisine since early 1900s