So this is what I had for lunch. I took some leftover meatloaf, which I made last week – it was still good, mind you – cut it up into cubes and fried it up in a pan. I chopped up some fresh cabbage and crumbled up some Bulgarian feta cheese (yeah, I know big carbon footprint – but also big flavor) from Sahadi’s. Then I pan heated a couple of corn tortillas and assembled the tacos starting with the cheese (so it would kind of melt on the hot tortilla), then meatloaf, cabbage, fresh squeezed lime juice and then topped them off with Valentina salsa picante. The verdict? Well, not quite as good as the chorizo con papas tacos we made the other night, but still really good. What came to mind were the tacos I adored as a kid… from Jack in a Box. Okay with their hard shell and American cheese I guess they weren’t the most authentic, but damn when I was a kid those were awesome . Anyway, the meatloaf with it’s general meat flavor and mushy texture reminded me of the mystery meat concoction they put in those J in the B tacos. The meatloaf retained it’s meatloafy flavor but the lime and hot sauce as well as the corn tortilla brought it nicely into the realm of tacos. I ate four tacos in total. So, I guess the moral of this lunch is that you can pretty much make tacos out of anything (within reason) because tacos are basically a vehicle for a good salty meat (or meat product) and good salsa picante.
a great way to eat leftover meatloaf
