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March 13, 2004
Meatballs, Anyone?
It had been a thorn in my side for a long time. Year after year, failure ensued with each attempt to make a delicious, orgasm-for-the-palate perfect italian meatball. Disgruntled patrons of La Dolce Squip complained in absolute disgust, "this is the equivalent of eating hockey pucks," or the distressing, "how much cardboard did you put in these?" After all my tried-and-failed endeavors to produce a schwing-inducing meatball, one of my unimpressed customers handed me a recipe for italian meatballs found in a newspaper. I became determined to get it right this time.
Excitement was in the air while I shopped for fresh ingredients, attempting to remember all the required elements to create a happy meatball. With two grocery bags full of prime grade-A magic, I walked back from the store and headed toward my apartment. Suddenly I recalled one very important item that I didn't own. Uh oh.
The recipe calls for certain ingredients to be pummeled via puree'. Since previous culinary exercises had taken place off-premises using someone else's handy kitchen appliances, the thought never entered my mind as to how this puree' would happen without owning a blender or food processor. Time to buy myself a blender.
Garlic cloves, sweet onion, chili flakes, eggs, bread crumbs, and some parmigiano reggiano cheese (along with other, super secret ingredients) made the most spectacular meatballs I've ever tasted. Rave reviews for this culinary delight came flooding in. Meanwhile ...
I was in the mood to cook and decided to make the meatballs yet again. Some 24 meatballs later, I wonder if I planned on feeding those meatballs to anyone in particular ... a minor oversight on my part. Come and git it! ;-)
Cindy
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Comments
I make some fantastic meatballs, but there are several kinds of meatballs, the softer version, the harder version, etc. Did you put it in tomato sauce? This actually makes me hungry for some meatballs, though I prefer mine the Polish way, in gravy with mashed potatoes on the side.
Brain matter deposited by: paul on March 13, 2004 5:57 PM
::sigh::
What I would not give for a decent home cooked meal.
Brain matter deposited by: Casey on March 13, 2004 8:50 PM
for the yuppie singles, one word: Costco. (at least on the left coast)
Brain matter deposited by: sdy on March 14, 2004 4:09 AM
oooooooooo - we'll have 10!
paul - that sounds typically belgian too, only the mashed potatoes would have a vegetable mashed up in them (ie: stoemp). a favourite is carrots and mash :)
Brain matter deposited by: zed on March 14, 2004 1:23 PM
Paul - Yes, they simmered for two hours in tomato sauce. I like them the 'Polish' way also, btw.
Casey - :-( I hope you get one very soon!
sdy - East Coast has Costco also. That is indeed yet another way, buying frozen meatballs in a bag.
I prefer making them myself.
Zoe - I had something like that too, only it was a Dutch meal of mashed + I don't remember. Was delicious though - and that's what counts. :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on March 14, 2004 3:08 PM