6:14: I am home, and I have ingredients. Very excited about the meat loaf (meatloaf? I'm unsure). Excited enough that I would be listening to a Meat Loaf CD if I had one. Since I don't, I am going to buy "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" on iTunes and that will be the soundtrack for tonight's cooking. As an added bonus, I'll own a song that I would love even if the video DIDN'T prominently feature riding motorcycles in the house. Which this one does.
6:38: Peppers and onions are sauteing with salt and pepper. Garlic will go in momentarily. Meat Loaf song has been purchased and is about to go on the stereo.
6:40: Veggies are cooking and smelling nicely as Meat Loaf rocks the apartment. It is shaping up to be a great meal. More of an experience than a meal.
6:44: A piece of green pepper fell on the floor and I picked it up and ate it under the provisions of the 5-second rule. I spent most of the weekend mopping my floors, so I didn't hesitate. Funny enough, I told Anno earlier today that the kitchen floor was so clean I would allow Lyla to eat off of it (one reason that I should not babysit all that often). A few hours later, there I was...eating off it myself...kind of. Moving on...
6:46: That song is awesome. One Loaf song isn't enough so I've added "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" to my music collection, turned up the volume, and added the garlic.
Side note: I remember having a pretty strong adolescent male reaction to the lady ("Mrs. Loud") who sings with Loaf on "I Would Do Anything..." I have just made a mental note to find the video and see if I still think 1993 Mrs. Loud was way hot.
6:49: What was that about a Cracker Jack box? "Two Out of Three..." may not be as lyrically strong as the last song. Veggies have been transferred to mixing bowl, where they await the ground beef and sausage.
6:57: I'm mixing meatloaf ingredients together and I'm out of Meat Loaf...
6:59: And now the 1977 album "Bat Out of Hell" is downloading to this very computer...
7:01: Oh yeah. So much Meat Loaf.
7:16: Everything's been mixed and ready to press into the pan.
7:18: Going into the pan:
7:22: Ready for the oven.
7:25: It's cooking in the oven. This is minute 1 of 90. So I have some time to upload the pictures I've taken so far, get a new beer, clean my dishes, and keep my eyes on the prize by enjoying my new classic (came out in '77, as did I) rock album...
7:46: Dishes are done. And I am eating cheese for an appetizer because my friend is a cheese salesman and he traveled to NYC last weekend. He is a traveling cheese salesman.
A few cheesy rhymes notwithstanding, this Meat Loaf CD is phenomenal. Rocking, heartbreaking, epically theatrical at times, and all very well sung. Loaf has a cool and distinctive voice.
7:47: An absolutely amazing thing just happened. I was sitting here typing up some notes for this entry and listening to Meat Loaf and watching TV with the sound off. I was watching "Wedding Crashers" because that's what I do whenever "Wedding Crashers" is on, and I looked up and saw Owen Wilson talking to Will Farrell and I realized that what was about to happen was absolutely amazing and I grabbed my camera and snapped this picture just in time:
7:52:
7:58: Potato is stabbed and baking.
8:33: Looking good. 20 minutes left for the loaf and the spud. Time to start the spinach.
9:01: Oh yeah.
