I made a lot of ... uh .. whatever you call it before you actually form
the balls. Way too much. I froze a bunch of formed raw balls but I
want to know, should I thaw them out before cooking or just toss them
in the pan frozen, maybe with slightly less heat, and cook them longer
that way?

On 1/9/2011 9:45 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> I made a lot of ... uh .. whatever you call it before you actually form
> the balls. Way too much. I froze a bunch of formed raw balls but I
> want to know, should I thaw them out before cooking or just toss them
> in the pan frozen, maybe with slightly less heat, and cook them longer
> that way?
>

If your balls are nicely shaped, I'd throw them in frozen - assuming
they ain't giant balls. If they're funny looking, you might want to
defrost them first so you can make them look all pretty like. Frozen
meatballs cook up fine in a sauce.

On Jan 10, 12:52*am, dsi1 > wrote:
> On 1/9/2011 9:45 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>
> > I made a lot of ... uh .. whatever you call it before you actually form
> > the balls. *Way too much. *I froze a bunch of formed raw balls but I
> > want to know, should I thaw them out before cooking or just toss them
> > in the pan frozen, maybe with slightly less heat, and cook them longer
> > that way?
>
> If your balls are nicely shaped, I'd throw them in frozen - assuming
> they ain't giant balls. If they're funny looking, you might want to
> defrost them first so you can make them look all pretty like. Frozen
> meatballs cook up fine in a sauce.

You are talking about meat balls, aren't you?

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:45:46 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

>I made a lot of ... uh .. whatever you call it before you actually form
>the balls. Way too much. I froze a bunch of formed raw balls but I
>want to know, should I thaw them out before cooking or just toss them
>in the pan frozen, maybe with slightly less heat, and cook them longer
>that way?

You should have cooked those meat balls before freezing, same for meat
loaf mixture, it's a serious food safety issue.

On 1/10/2011 6:44 AM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> On Jan 10, 12:52 am, > wrote:
>> On 1/9/2011 9:45 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>
>>> I made a lot of ... uh .. whatever you call it before you actually form
>>> the balls. Way too much. I froze a bunch of formed raw balls but I
>>> want to know, should I thaw them out before cooking or just toss them
>>> in the pan frozen, maybe with slightly less heat, and cook them longer
>>> that way?
>>
>> If your balls are nicely shaped, I'd throw them in frozen - assuming
>> they ain't giant balls. If they're funny looking, you might want to
>> defrost them first so you can make them look all pretty like. Frozen
>> meatballs cook up fine in a sauce.
>
> You are talking about meat balls, aren't you?

we sure are. Big damn juicy meatballs!