# Meat loaf (the food version) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941 "2012-05-05T00:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/1 "2012-05-05T00:56:24Z")
I just made a meatloaf. I put the prepared meatloaf in the refrigerator while the oven preheated. At the end of the cooking period I opened the oven and the meat loaf wasn’t there: The oven was empty. The meatloaf had completely disappeared. I blame the Republican Party. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/2 "2012-05-05T01:20:50Z")
Maybe you set the oven on too high, which can make things seem to disappear. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/3 "2012-05-05T01:38:51Z")
Forgot to put it into the oven huh? Well, if it’s any consolation it will be better tomorrow.😉 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/4 "2012-05-05T02:07:21Z")
I still get kidded by friends about the time I made meat loaf with a bit too much liquid. They deemed it “meat _glop_, served in a scoop instead of a slice!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/5 "2012-05-05T02:29:33Z")
Look behind your dryer - it’s with the lost socks. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/6 "2012-05-05T06:22:40Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I just made a meatloaf. I put the prepared meatloaf in the refrigerator while the oven preheated. At the end of the cooking period I opened the oven and the meat loaf wasn’t there: The oven was empty. The meatloaf had completely disappeared. I blame the Republican Party. While I approve of blaming the Republican Party for almost everything, I think you should probably blame PETA for this one. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/7 "2012-05-05T07:32:46Z")
I blame Meatloaf (the overfed singer version). ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/8 "2012-05-05T08:33:52Z")
I can hear my mother’s voice: “Aha! The Meatloaf Bandit has struck again!” If you don’t find it, beware of anything trying to crawl out of the refrigerator in about a month… ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/9 "2012-05-05T12:06:53Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Forgot to put it into the oven huh? Well, if it’s any consolation it will be better tomorrow.😉 Yes, I forgot to put it in the over. I’m so ashamed. I admit the Republican Party didn’t stead it. But I’m not going to apologize to them. Senior moment are going to do me in. Two days ago i went grocery shopping and left my walking can in the grocery cart. I did get it back, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/10 "2012-05-05T12:50:02Z")
Have you looked in the dishwasher? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/11 "2012-05-05T13:44:17Z")
If the meatloaf is in the refrigerator, then where’s the baby … ? … OH MY GOD! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/12 "2012-05-05T13:59:54Z")
The dreaded meatloafwort? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/13 "2012-05-05T14:45:19Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > If the meatloaf is in the refrigerator, then where’s the baby … ? > > … OH MY GOD! Relax, the meatloaf is at daycare, the baby’s at the vet getting groomed and fixed, and the dog…:eek:☹ Poor Scruffy. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/14 "2012-05-05T23:12:43Z")
Reminds me of the time my mother made corn chowder and forgot to put corn in it. Maybe the meatloaf is hiding out with the corn somewhere in ComfortFoodLand. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/15 "2012-05-05T23:32:48Z")
Yum. Now I need meatloaf. The food, not the fat fella. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/16 "2012-05-05T23:41:17Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Yum. Now I need meatloaf. The food, not the fat fella. Yeah, I’m missing my dad’s meatloaf. His was the best. I wish I remembered how he made it. I think it was two pounds of ground beef, one pound of ground pork, and… I’m not sure about the rest. One packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix, or two? Eggs? I think so. Bread crumbs? Um… I don’t remember. Dehydrated onions. How much? (Yes, it was oniony.) Tomato sauce on top. Tasted great. But it caused the most heinous farts you can imagine. Worth it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/17 "2012-05-06T00:42:49Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Senior moment are going to do me in. Two days ago i went grocery shopping and left my walking can in the grocery cart. I did get it back, though. You have a walking can AND a disappearing meatloaf? You need to go on a tour. You can take my frog, Michigan. It’ll be great. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/18 "2012-05-06T01:03:13Z")
This incident lends credibility to the old saying: “Never let your meat loaf.” Well, not really, but when else am I going to get to say that? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-the-food-version/620941/19 "2012-05-06T01:10:35Z")
I felt sure it was going to turn out that the dog had figured out how to open the oven.