In article ,
Sqwertz wrote:

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:17:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

I think I'd be sorely tempted to roll a log about 3/4" diameter and cut
'coins' about 1/2" thick and call it a meatball.

So where was this suggestion 2 weeks ago?

-sw

This method -- log roll-and-cut works great for cookies, too, btw.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
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In article 1,
"Michael \"Dog3\"" wrote:

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I made a vat of beef broth on Friday and was considering making some
marble-size meatballs and dropping them into the broth to cook but
then fishing them out to use in another dish. Even if I rolled them
into balls, starting out from the log-and-coin would be a good plan.
You'd be tempting me but I had the good sense to freeze the ground
beef I didn't use for last night's burgers.

Did you roast the bones for the broth? I'm just asking because you
inquired what method a couple of us used to roast bones for stock and
stuff.

Michael

Barb hangs head in mortal shame and tries to disappear beneath her
computer I did not. Too damn lazy and not enough time before I had to
be out the door. I thought about it, though . . . . .
I just finished bagging about nine 2-cup bags of chicken broth. I
didn't roast the chicken backs, either. I added powdered/paste base
to both the beef and the chicken.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007

Melba's Jammin' wrote:


I was thinking only of how big they'd be to get 75 of them
from a pound, not so much about what they'd be used for. Do you measure
the meat and roll or just eyeball it? Do you roll 'em with your hands?
I think I'd be sorely tempted to roll a log about 3/4" diameter and cut
'coins' about 1/2" thick and call it a meatball.


You are brilliant. That wouldn't have occurred to me in a million
years, but it's a terrific solution. That might also work for cookies
shaped by hand that take forever to roll.

gloria p

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
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In article ,
Sqwertz wrote:

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:53:18 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

In article ,
Sqwertz wrote:

I get about 75 little meatballs from a pound of meat
-sw

Tha's a lot! How big are these little suckers? Marble size?

Wedding soup meatballs are pretty small. You snipped
that part :-)

-sw

I guess. I was thinking only of how big they'd be to get 75 of them
from a pound, not so much about what they'd be used for. Do you
measure the meat and roll or just eyeball it? Do you roll 'em with
your hands? I think I'd be sorely tempted to roll a log about 3/4"
diameter and cut 'coins' about 1/2" thick and call it a meatball.

I spread the meat out in a rectangular casserole dish to an even
thickness and then mark out a grid pattern with a knife and use the grid
pattern to create same sized meatballs. A Martha Stewart trick.

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The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore