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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:58:28 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have a meat baller like that that has to be close to 40 years old.
>>> It's not shiny. I use it for meatball and spaghetti-sized meatballs.
>>> It's perfect.
>>>
>>> For cocktail-sized meatballs, I pat the meat into a rectangle and cut it
>>> into equal cubes, then round the cubes. I don't need no steenkin' gizmos
>>> <vbg>

>> <laugh> That "meat baller" *is* a gizmo. If you have one of those
>> tiny ice cream scoops, it's perfect for cocktail sized meatballs.

>
> Do you think a melon baller would work? I don't currently own one, but
> have been considering it due to my nephews love of melons... Thought
> I'd make it fun for them. <g>


I have no doubt that a melon baller would work for tiny meatballs, but
it would take forever. I don't have that kind of patience. <g>

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