Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been combined with other
ingredients and formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked.
The final shape is either hand-formed on a baking tray or pan-formed
by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is usually made with ground beef,
although ground lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are
also used, sometimes in combination. Vegetarian adaptations may use
imitation meat or pulses.The cooked loaf can be sliced like a loaf of
bread to make individual portions. It is made by adding bread crumbs
and egg and because the dish can become dry, various techniques exist
to keep the dish moist, like covering it with sauce, or wrapping it,
or using moisture-enhancing ingredients in the mixture, filling it
with fatty meats, rich cheeses, or vegetables.Meatloaf of minced meat
was mentioned in the Roman cookery collection Apicius as early as the
5th century. Meatloaf is a traditional German, Scandinavian and
Belgian dish, and it is a cousin to the Dutch meatball. American
meatloaf[better source needed] has its origins in scrapple, a mixture
of ground pork and cornmeal served by German-Americans in Pennsylvania
since colonial times. Meatloaf in the contemporary American sense did
not appear in cookbooks until the late 19th century. Meatloaf Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter