The World’s Best Meatloaf

Overheard at the diner, 69th and Broadway, New York City, just before Thanksgiving:

Woman 1: Yeah, so what are your bringing?  Are you bringing that meatloaf?

Woman 2: Meatloaf?  Do you make a meatloaf?

Woman 3: Oh, yeah, do I make a meatloaf.  But you know what I started doing?

Woman 2: What did you start doing?

Woman 3: I add ketchup.

Woman 1: Oh do you?  My sister-in-law started doing that.

Woman 3: It's wonderful.

Woman 1: Sounds really wonderful.

Woman 3: It's wonderful.  You squirt it right in there, right into the middle.

Woman 2: Then mix it around?

Woman 3: You mix it around, and this is the secret: you don't hold back.  You squirt it right in there, as much as you can.

Woman 1: Sounds wonderful.

Woman 3: It is wonderful.  It gives it flavor; it makes it rich, juicy.

Woman 2: That does sound good.

Woman 1: My sister-in-law says that.  She says it's absolutely wonderful.

Woman 3: It really is a crowd pleaser.