On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:15:16 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Sat 15 Nov 2008 09:56:16p, Nancy Young told us...
>
>> Lynn from Fargo wrote:
>>> Boldly I stand and cheer for Grape Jelly Meatballs:
>>>
>>> 1 bottle cocktail sauce (as for shrimp)
>>> 1 small jar grape jelly
>>> 1 lb package frozen meatballs (Hormel or Armour)
>>>
>>> Nuke your balls, Heat your jelly and sauce.
>>> Add meatballs to sauce. Serve over buttered noodles.
>>>
>>> Not just for canapes anymore!
>>>
>>> Lynn in Fargo
>>> (flame on!)
>>
>> I want to know where Sandra Lee was when that one
>> was dreamed up.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
> That recipe is far older than Sandra Lee. I doubt she was even a glimmer
> in anyone’s eye when that was first made. I remember it from the early
> 1960s, and it’s probably older than that.
>
> Having said that, I remember it being made with a bottle of chili sauce,
> not cocktail sauce, and *homemade* meatballs, not commercial frozen
> meatballs.

good thing some are still upholding Standards.

your pal,
blake