Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-29 | Page 4 | Just Folks

0 C C f J V y i Edgar A. A Guest 1 MEAT LOAF I do tin not mind an Irish stew I like Jie a good New England dinner Most any food Im I'm glad to chew chew t t To no set menu card Id I'd pin her 1 I take tale her makeshift meals with gle glee 1 Jo For or Im I'm an eater strong and able But I rebel I see Meat loaf upon our OUI dinner table tabIe Meat loaf has many friends I know It has a ery very ancient history Our great grandmothers long ago Fashioned this solid kitchen mystery With tender hands they shaped its sides Bricks without straw stra theres there's nothing to it Old ladies teach the trick to brides Meat loaf is proof that they can do it This oblong mixture most se severe Which crumbles as 1 Jh try to cut it For Tor me roe holds little litHe wai warmth mth or cher cheer It may be beery ery very tasty but it Wore out ant its welcome years jears a ago o. o Too regularly have I faced it It Nor sign of ot sorrow should I show If f neer ne'er again on earth I taste te It But still with scraps of at this and that Next week and then the next shell she'll make it ft With gentle hands the form shell she'll pat Then to a solid oblong bake It And should I live Uve to ninety three Despite my protests shell she'll repeat It it I do not riot like Uke meat loaf but sh she Insists Ill I'll have to learn to eat it Copyright 1926 1326 Edgar A. A Guest 5