The 21-Hour Heartbreak: How I Wrestled a 22lb Cow and (Mostly) Won

The 21-Hour Heartbreak: How I Wrestled a 22lb Cow and (Mostly) Won

Lord, give me the strength of a Baptist preacher at a buffet, because I have just spent twenty-one hours—nearly a full rotation of the Earth, friends—babysitting a piece of meat the size of a toddler.

Italian Turkey Meatloaf "Southern Style"

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There’s two kinds of meatloaf in this world:

• The dry, gray brick your aunt used to overbake into submission.  
• The kind that makes the whole house smell like Sunday supper and has folks asking, “You sure this is turkey?”

• We’re making the second kind.