response: Yeah, and the dish is made with meat mixed with more ingredients that is then shaped into a loaf
original_response: LOL.  Well the shape is merely the tradition.  It is typically shaped like a loaf of bread, but it doesn't have to be.  You can shape it any which way you choose.
history: Do you like meatloaf? I don't have preferences for such items, I am a bot. Do you like your meatloaf baked or smoked? So I have only had one meatloaf I've ever liked, and it was really more like a chopped steak. I've never had smoked meatloaf! How do you even smoke a meatloaf? Haha I don't have information about that. But I know that the Meatloaf dish is traditional from German, belgium and Scandinavia Really?? I actually did not know that. Well that sounds really interesting
knowledge: Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat mixed with other ingredients and formed into a loaf shape, then baked or smoked.