In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:17:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:53:18 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article >,
> >>> Sqwertz > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I get about 75 little meatballs from a pound of meat
> >>>> -sw
> >>>
> >>> Tha's a lot! How big are these little suckers? Marble size?
> >>
> >> Wedding soup meatballs are pretty small. You snipped
> >> that part :-)
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > I guess. I was thinking only of how big they'd be to get 75 of them
> > from a pound, not so much about what they'd be used for. Do you measure
> > the meat and roll or just eyeball it?
>
> I just pinch off a piece. After 10 or so, you get the idea of
> how much you need.
>
> > Do you roll 'em with your hands?
>
> Last time I did.
>
> > I think I'd be sorely tempted to roll a log about 3/4" diameter and cut
> > 'coins' about 1/2" thick and call it a meatball.
>
> So where was this suggestion 2 weeks ago?

Right here, darlin', but I di'n want to deprive you of your much-needed
therapy. '-)
>
> Once I started, I just figured I'd grin and bear it. It was
> therapeutic in a way.
>
> -sw

I made a vat of beef broth on Friday and was considering making some
marble-size meatballs and dropping them into the broth to cook but then
fishing them out to use in another dish. Even if I rolled them into
balls, starting out from the log-and-coin would be a good plan. You'd
be tempting me but I had the good sense to freeze the ground beef I
didn't use for last night's burgers.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007