Bummer... I thought this a thread about the singer Meatloaf. I met him at a golf fundraiser and was so excited!!! He was playing golf with Dan Jansen ( Olympic speed skater). I gave Meatloaf a big welcome while I was working the tournament. I politely said hello to Dan and you could just tell he was peeved that he didn’t get the same reception.
I like my meatloaf any way you slice it!
Which one are you referring to?
I could be wrong but as a northerner I thought that southerners liked gravy on pretty much everything. Not that that there is anything wrong with that as I follow the same.I am deep south but never had gravy on meatloaf - nor did I know anyone that did. I do love gravy on rice though!
I grew up in the south (North Carolina). We ate gravy on turkey, chicken fried steak, hamburger steak, beef tips & biscuits. The gravy wasn't the same for all of them. My DH reminded me we also ate gravy on mashed potatoes, but that was only a KFC takeout thing, which we rarely had in my youth. (You can tell his family ate out more than mine did.
) To say something is popular in the south is a misnomer. Different areas of the south eat very different cuisines. For example, where I'm from, we ate what would be considered country cooking. It's more of a southern, east coast cuisine. Our cuisine was different from what you would typically find in Mississippi, Louisiana or Texas. We didn't eat hot spices. People from VA ate more similarly to the way we ate than people in the deep south. From my experience, food in South Carolina & Georgia is similar to NC. Naturally, ancestral influences can make a difference. For example, my maternal grandparents were German, so we ate more pickled food than my friends did. I excluded Florida, because it's such a melting pot that you will find pretty much any type of food here.
