Editing Meatloaf (section)

== History ==

Meatloaf is a traditional [[German cuisine|German]], [[Czech cuisine|Czech]], [[Scandinavian cuisine|Scandinavian]] and [[Belgian cuisine|Belgian]] dish, and it is a cousin to the [[meatball]] in [[Dutch cuisine]].

North American meatloaf<ref name="Meatloaf history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-2-2006-85269.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826192429/http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-2-2006-85269.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-date=26 August 2006 |title=Meatloaf Gaining Popularity among Food Connoisseurs |website=www.buzzle.com |access-date=3 May 2018}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2020|reason=low-quality blog; repeats claims made in many places, quoting McW re scrapple, but where is the original McW quote?}} has its origins in [[scrapple]], a mixture of ground pork and [[cornmeal]] served by [[German-Americans]] in Pennsylvania since [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial times]].<ref name="Meatloaf history" /> Meatloaf in the contemporary American sense did not appear in [[cookbooks]] until the late 19th century.<ref name="zeldes" />