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:
>>>
>> 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.
>

I agree with Wayne. Homemade tiny meatballs and bottled chili sauce.
It actually is quite a bit tastier if you use currant jelly instead of
grape in the sauce. Much less sweet and coying.

I have another recipe from the 70's for "Chinese" cocktail meatballs
made with ground pork whose only claim to Chinese is water chestnuts in
the meat and soy sauce in the sweet-and-sour sauce. They disappear
quickly at parties. I'll search for and post the recipe soon.

gloria p