Sqwertz wrote:
>
> I don't know where I got this idea, but I line up hard boiled eggs
> inside my meatloaf. I chop off the ends of the eggs where there are
> no yolks and line them in the center of the loaf running lengthwise
> so that every piece, when sliced, has a perfect slice of hard boiled
> egg in the center of it.
>
> Where the hell did I get this idea? I know it wasn't from Mother.
> And I don't recall ever being served it. I just started making it
> that way one day and still do it every time I do meatloaf (about
> once a year).
>
> -sw


My Filipina colleagues used to make a meat loaf or ham loaf like that
'embutido'. There are as many recipes for that as there are for US-type
meatloaf. Perhaps your familiarity with Asian cooking helped you retain
a memory of a recipe seen in passing.