jsharr ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2017 Meatballs. How much meat and how many balls do you use to make yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2017 And how many beans? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted May 26, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2017 I don't think I've actually made them on my own, but I think my Mom just uses ground beef shaped into about a golf ball size shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted May 26, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2017 1 # of meat, and I use a cookie dough scooper that is about 1.5 inches around. I don't like to get the raw meat all over my hands. The balls end up somewhat lopsided, but they taste terrific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted May 26, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: 1 # of meat, and I use a cookie dough scooper that is about 1.5 inches around. I don't like to get the raw meat all over my hands. The balls end up somewhat lopsided, but they taste terrific. Yup, about a pound. There is no substitute for homemade meatballs, I have never had a good meatball anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun Posted May 26, 2017 Share #6 Posted May 26, 2017 Pecan meal, eggs, cheese, onions, vegetable broth. 0 meat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 26, 2017 About 1lb hamburger or ground turkey, bread crumbs a couple of eggs and various herbs and things. About a dozen meatballs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 26, 2017 36 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Yup, about a pound. There is no substitute for homemade meatballs, I have never had a good meatball anywhere else. If you have an Anthony's Pizza near you, try theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted May 26, 2017 Share #9 Posted May 26, 2017 I like big balls of meat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted May 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Chris... said: I like big balls of meat See, I knew you would! No one else here even uses any balls when they make theirs! Just meat, or pecans. I bet @Square Wheels uses fake meat subsittute for his. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted May 26, 2017 Share #11 Posted May 26, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted May 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Chris... said: That must have been a big bull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 26, 2017 Share #13 Posted May 26, 2017 1 hour ago, jsharr said: I bet @Square Wheels uses fake meat subsittute for his. I was gonna comment about some delicious vegan balls I had a couple of weeks ago, but refrained so as not to keep coming off as a dick. Now you sound like a dick, thanks for stepping in for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #14 Posted May 26, 2017 3 hours ago, Chris... said: That looks like the spaghetti and meatball that Lisa used to make on Green Acres. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #15 Posted May 27, 2017 30 minutes ago, Longjohn said: That looks like the spaghetti and meatball that Lisa used to make on Green Acres. I loved when Oliver used her leftover pancake dough as a head gasket for his tractor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #16 Posted May 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I loved when Oliver used her leftover pancake dough as a head gasket for his tractor. They don't make shows like that anymore. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #17 Posted May 27, 2017 Nobody else is suspicious when jsharr posts a thead with 'meat' and 'balls' in the title? Naiveté. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share #18 Posted May 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: They don't make shows like that anymore. or pancakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #19 Posted May 27, 2017 A pork & beef blend...I only make meatballs when I make the massive pot of spaghetti sauce...I am thinking a pound to 1.5 pounds..onion, bread crumbs, parmesian cheese...make them to size I am thinking 2.5 inches across...but sometimes smaller...and I put them raw into the sauce...and the cook for a few hours...slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #20 Posted May 27, 2017 Usually cooking for one and losing weight (20 lb in 3 months), I don't make my own meatballs. The best commercial meatballs I like are "Cooked Perfect" brand. They come in 1/2, 1, and 2 oz meatball sizes. I haven't seen the 2 oz., but the 1 oz. (26 meatballs in a 26 oz. bag) frozen meatballs are tasty and feel like they've just been made - not hard like some others. They're pre-cooked so you can microwave them, but I usually just throw four or more meatballs per person into the water in which the pasta is boiling and they're thawed and hot by the time the pasta is ready (7 or more min.), nice and moist with no loss of flavor. The 1 oz size is also great for making a quick meatball sub, with a little spaghetti sauce and grated cheese and optional onion (also microwavable). They're one of the more expensive ones at Walmart, I think something like $6 or $7 for the 26 oz., but there's a one-dollar-off coupon with a 3-month expiration date here: https://www.cookedperfect.com/where-to-buy/ I don't use coupons as often as I should, but for things I buy often, there's often a dollar-off coupon online and I print it like: Eight O'Clock Coffee: http://www.eightoclock.com/eight-o-clock-coffee-coupon Hormel Products (Dinty Moore Beef Stew, Hormel Chili, sometimes Lloyd's BBQ, etc.): http://www.hormel.com/Coupons.aspx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #21 Posted May 27, 2017 I never tried the Cooked Perfect brand. Most frozen meatballs taste like they were made by Goodyear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #22 Posted May 27, 2017 16 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I never tried the Cooked Perfect brand. Most frozen meatballs taste like they were made by Goodyear. True. One that's not great but not bad is the 6 lb bag of frozen Costco Kirkland (store brand) Italian meatballs for $18 ($12 a few years ago and the CPI tells us there's very little inflation!), also pre-cooked and nukable, that are about 1/2 oz. in size and they're good for larger parties where you want to make up a crock pot full of sweet-and-sour or barbecue meatballs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 27, 2017 Share #23 Posted May 27, 2017 7 hours ago, petitepedal said: A pork & beef blend You're the one closest to the truth. Add in some veal and you're spot on. They even sell "meatloaf/meatball" mix in the grocery stores around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #24 Posted May 27, 2017 1 hour ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: You're the one closest to the truth. Add in some veal and you're spot on. They even sell "meatloaf/meatball" mix in the grocery stores around here. Depends on what is available..pork and beef is pretty much always there..but sometimes one gets lucky and you get veal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #25 Posted May 27, 2017 19 hours ago, jsharr said: Meatballs. How much meat and how many balls do you use to make yours? One and the same you silly Texican. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 27, 2017 Share #26 Posted May 27, 2017 You should put in a handful of raisins next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share #27 Posted May 27, 2017 23 hours ago, Square Wheels said: I was gonna comment about some delicious vegan balls I had a couple of weeks ago, but refrained so as not to keep coming off as a dick. Now you sound like a dick, thanks for stepping in for me. I am the forum butthole, ass kiss and shit heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 27, 2017 Share #28 Posted May 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, jsharr said: I am the forum butthole, ass kiss and shit heel. Now you can add dick. How about a gluten free dick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share #29 Posted May 27, 2017 34 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Now you can add dick. How about a gluten free dick? GFD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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