On Saturday, as I wrote my homily incidentally which happens to be a food text, I rolled and cooked 442 meatballs. Literally. I counted them as I rolled them and placed them onto pans of 100.
Taste tests conclude that the meatballs taste delicious. I didn't realize until well into the mixing process that I was making them a little different than usual. I did not add the pork and I used a little leaner meat. If meatballs can be "healthy"... no, not healthy... "lower in fat" ... yes, that's it ... Again, if meatballs can be 'lower in fat' then these qualify. They taste delicious, the flavor is lighter, and they are less greasy. It's a slightly different flavor than previously, but equally yummy.
This batch, many of which will be frozen, will hold us for a while!
By the way, I found the original recipe, which had been hiding between two cards in my recipe box, and it wasn't from Auntie Weeza, but from Mom's friend Carol Duncan, 1968. Oh how retro!
