On Nov 15, 11:15*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
wrote:
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> 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.
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The first time I ever ate those was in 1973. A friend's mom suddenly
got 3 extra people for dinner (I was one) and that was what she
served. Love at first bite. She used cocktail sauce but I have used
chili sauce (Heinz). If I use chili sauce, I throw in a healthy
tablespoon or two of horseradish. Frozen meatballs are new for me.
When I make these for a party, I make meatballs about the size of a
grape and I use a crock pot.

Living alone, I take 5 or six meatballs out of the package, nuke 'em
until theyre thawed and pour the jelly and the sauce over them in a
microwave cooker and heat the whole mess until the jelly melts and the
noodles on the stove
are cooked, drained and buttered. Fifteen minutes, max.
Lynn in Fargo