In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "margaret suran" > wrote
>
> >I found it in a Kosher cook book, the kind sisterhoods and congregations
> >publish. The kind RFC did in 2001. I thought your recipe was a joke and
> >there it is, black on white.
>
> Oh, Margaret, you made me laugh! No, it's no joke. From the time
> this woman said to me, you know what's in those meatballs? Chili
> sauce and grape jelly ... that's not my kind of joke, trying not to look
> horrified and suddenly tasting grape jelly and chili sauce.
>
> (laugh) Ah, I hope I didn't look as horrified as I was. I tried to look
> interested.

An old family dish in my family is to make sweet & sour meatballs, which
is your standard meatball recipe in tomato sauce, but with cranberry
jelly added to the pot near the end so it give it a slight sweet flavor.
Its very good! If you add the cranberry sauce too soon, the sugar in it
has a tendency to burn at the bottom of the pot.