A Moose in Love wrote:

>I've never made Salisbury steak. I tend
> to make meat loaf whenever I get the
> desire for a ground beef type dish. Your
> recipe sounds very good.

>Now, why do they call it Salisbury steak?
> Good ole' Zimbabwe used to be called
> Rhodesia, and the capital city was
> Salisbury. Is that why? I suppose I could
> google, but my philosophy is: 'when all
> else fails, google.'

>Speaking of ground beef, I have some
> left over sour cream. Tomorrow, I'm
> going to make a meat ball stroganoff.
> Have you recommendations for the
> meatball ingredients? I was thinking of
> just ground beef, some worcestershire
> sauce, bread crumbs, and an egg.
> Simple. Maybe I'll add some very fine
> chopped onions, and garlic to the mix. I
> want to make a dish that even the ghost
> of Count Stroganoff would be proud to
> serve at his dacha on the lake.

I never have researched why it's called Salisbury Steak, as guess I just
never thought about it before, but...now I'm curious! I bet if you
tried it, you would like it?

I think you can put almost anything in meatballs and they'll be tasty.
Sometimes simple is better, but the last time I made them, I used 1 lb.
super lean ground beef and added 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs, 1/3 cup
minced onion, 1/4 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 tbsp. minced parsley, 1 tsp. salt
(or to taste) 1/2 tsp. pepper and 1 tbsp. A-1 sauce and hubby liked
them. I don't make meatballs all that often, so am no expert, but I
think you're ideas sound real good.

Judy