Ha! Your post made me reminisce. I first met my wife in the late 90s. I was 32 and she was 24. After we dated for a bit, she asked me what my favorite foods were. I told her I like some fancier stuff, but when it comes to my top 5, just about anything Mexican, meatloaf, pot roast and potato salad make the list.
When my birthday arrived, she made me meatloaf, and told me she had never made meatloaf, pot roast or potato salad, but she bought a couple books that claimed to have good recipes for each...one of the books she told me was something like, "Food Men Love," or along those lines. I laughed. Took a few bites of her first meatloaf and admitted to her that for her first attempt, it was really damn good.
Now, 20 years later, and married with 3 kids, she has learned to tweak her recipes and I would say that she makes the best meatloaf, pot roast and potato salad of anyone I've ever met, hands down. And every year, on my birthday, she makes me meatloaf, always slightly different and once or twice, it was indeed bacon wrapped.
The real kicker...I met this woman in Portland, OR...if you know anything about the "current culture" in Portland, that is sure to be a head scratcher. Go figure...LOL
