Text 6696, 67 rader
Skriven 2008-05-08 18:10:16 av Carol Shenkenberger (12741.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 6015 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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 > My mom never made meat balls; she claimed it was because we kids would
 > fight over who's was the biggest. We never had any fights like that; I
 > suspect her real reason was that she didn't have a good recipe and it
 > was easier to just brown the ground beef. Her sauce was more like beef a
 > roni sauce.

My mom made them occasionally.  Not very much spice but she'd add a packet of
brown mushroom gravy and some cooked rice as well as an egg to bind them. 
Not spicy but she had a way of making them that was really good.  Baked I
think but not sure.

Probably had them every 4-5 months, or had a meatloaf fixed very close to the
same recipe except that one also used bread crumbs and tomato paste.

When she'd do meatball version, she'd pick one of us kids to pick the size. 
It would either be little ones (about 1 inch across) or huge ones (1/4 lb
each).  So you either got one big one or several small ones <g>.  Small ones
would be served ontop of spagetti (pasket sauce but she'd add onions and
green pepper like I do) and big ones in a glorious puddle of brown gravy and
nestled in mashed potatoes.

 >  JK> sauce you can simmer to your hearts content before you come... but if
 >  JK> I were you, I'd do it all Saturday morning... I can help.. it's not a
 >  JK> big job.. :) The simmering  can just go on and on for as long as we
 > 
 > Saturday morning sounds like a great time to do it all.  That way Carol
 > will get a good lesson in Italian cooking. (G)

Hehehehe cool!  I get to sous-chef!  In fact, other than my one dish
(possibly some second noshe if it seems to fill a gap or someone gets curious
about something I've mentioned making), I plan to try to envegile my way into
sous-chef duties often.  That way I can watch what others do.

Keep in mind I'm totally self taught on cooking so watching others is fun for
me.  

 >  JK> >  Do I hear an
 >  JK> > offer for garlic bread, salad, & cannoli to go with it? (G)
 > 
 > 
 >  JK> Well the garlic bread is easy enough and we'll sure wolf that down
 >  JK> (smile)... it's great stuff on homemade italian bread.. if I can do it
 >  JK> (make the bread.. should be no trouble), it would be neat.. or I'll
 >  JK> just grab a loaf of Italian bread from the local market and make
 >  JK> garlic bread.. Ron says I make deadly garlic bread (grin). The problem
 > 
 > I'm sure someone else might want to make it part of their contribution
 > also.  I just suggested it because the typical Italian meal in the
 > States seems to be pasta, salad, garlic bread and dessert.

Sure, and we should leave some room for the 'eats' to bring stuff.  Me, I'd
like to watch a real bread making human do it for once!  With a dough hook
perhaps?

Oh and if desired, I can make up that butter roll with a stick and some
seasonings.  It's real simple and something Janice will find easy to use up
the leftovers of (if there are any!).

 > The cake would be a lot easier, I'm sure.  Your main job for this event
 > is have as much fun as everybody else, not knock yourself out cooking.

Yup!  That way also the rest of us get to cook more <g>.

                xxcarol
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