Meatballs anyone???

[Lin Milano]

Ok here it is, I’m sharing family secrets now… You might want to put on a Dean Martin cd, seems to me the meatballs always come out better when Dino is keeping me company.



Lin Milano’s Sunday meatballs:



2lbs leanest chopped beef

2 eggs

½ cup grated parmesan cheese

½ cup season bread crumbs

Hand full of fresh parsley

3 cloves of garlic chopped in tiny pieces

Kosher salt, to your liking





In a large bowl, add meat, and all other ingredients

Wash hands and mix it all together, if it feels dry add

A handful of water, or if it’s too wet, add some more

Bread crumbs.



Roll into medium size balls, a handful!



Using a large frying pan, add a good amount of vegetable oil

and heat ‘till hot, add the meatballs, and cook ‘till dark

brown, and cooked inside and out.

Now you can add them to your sauce or eat them as is.



This whole process should not take more than an hour.



Keep me posted on who has made the meatballs...Oh and don't worry about the little black chin hair, just seems to grow as you roll.

Over&Out, Lin

[L.A.87]

WOW. Thanks for sharing the meatballs recipe Lin. Cool!!
Hope Alyssa is doing great!! Spain miss' her already.

[gizmo]

Wow i was wondering what to cook for pop's tea tomoz i might give this ago now lol
Thank if he dosnt take his fave daughter out for a meal lol

[P3Alicia]

Hey Lin.

Thanks for sharing your family recipe on meatballs with us ! :)

I'll get my Mom to try this even though the way she makes hers are great too.

This is great especially since Thanks Giving is comming up soon ! Thanks again Lin and hope you and your family have a great Thanks Giving.

[johanna]

i am not a meat eater very much, but i'll try yours with love :)


much love,

johanna

[Lin Milano]

For those of you who don't eat meat, you can use ground lean turkey.

[kmh big fan]

Oh cool!! :D Thanks Lin!! I am definity gonna try it out
At school we actually made meatballs, the recipes is very simular except we added in different herbs and not as much garlic I think, thats the Italian in it then I guess :p
My friend she is a vegetarian and we made then I think she used TVP or veggie mince, and it turned out pretty much the same in taste and look.
Thanks again Lin, who knows maybe I will make it tomorrow after school, or in school in my free classes... nah maybe not don't want to give away the family secret to my teachers :p

Kerri-Marie
xo

[SJT]

Thanks for this recipe, Lin! :)
I can't wait to try it out.

As soon as I recover from my flu I'll give it a shot.

Thanks again,
Steve

[Vick]

Lin... this was the moment so many had been waiting for...
I stuck the thread so that we can sit back and relish in the wonderfuls flavors you have combined and not miss a beat.

If only I could rig it so that when ever anyone opened this thread Dino was playing that would be the cat's meow...:D

Thanks for sharing such a wondrful family secret.
History in the making;)
Vicky

[Lightheart]

Thanks for sharing the recipe with us, Lin!:D

[Pooh_bear]

It has to be christmas...AWESOME recipie. Thanks Ms.Milano

[Zoee]

What a great late birthday present, Momma Mia :) I'm so excited; I might cook this for my boyfriend for our anniversary tomorrow night ;) It looks so yummy on screen and I can't wait to see how it tastes.

You're a gem for sharing this!
Zoee

[Nooker]

Lin thank you for sharing your famous recipe. I told my husband you were sharing it & he said print it off - yea meatballs.

[MonMon]

For those of you who don't eat meat, you can use ground lean turkey.


hahahaha you should see my face now Lin :D

I was like oh that sounds good and I said too bad its meat (I dont eat red meat) then I saw your post that we can use ground lean turkey I was like wooohooo that would taste much better (to me)...

thanks Lin... your amazing...

kisses from me to you... ;)

[Mariah]

Thanks a lot for sharing this recipe with us, Lin !!!:D

I'm gonna try it out ! I can't wait !:D

Thanks again Lin, you're really amazing !:D

Lots of love,
Maureen.

[Lori_Lou]

Can't wait to make them, probably this weekend!!

My boys (3 & 19 months) love Meatballs. My big boy calls them "Spaghetti Balls", so I can't wait to try out the new Spaghetti Balls on the boys, I usually use a sweet mild sausage, so this will be a nice change.

I'll let you know how the babies like them.

Thank you so much for sharing with us, I hope this becomes one of my family's favorites.

Lori

[Lori_Lou]

Turns out, I had ingredients on hand to make the meatballs for dinner tonight. The family loved them, including the babies. My 19 month old looked like he just rubbed dinner all over his face and head. My 3 year old (actually still 2, will be 3 on the 26th) drew a picture of the meatballs for you.

I didn't realize they were so colorful!!

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff202/LoriLou_photo/meatballs.jpg Picture by Ryan, Age 3

Thanks Again!

[MonMon]

I didn't realize they were so colorful!!

LOL... how cute... :D you are lucky to have a cute kid :)

Mona

[chris1990]

Thank you for sharing Lin, it's awesome! think that I will make them tomorrow, early at school, what means that I often cook dinner :p Let you now how they taste :)

And Lori_Lou, thnx for sharing the drawing, it's beautiful :D

[*Lilac*]

mmm yummy :D

Thanks Lin :D

*Lilac* xxxx

[Sanny]

Thanks for sharing the recipe, Lin! :D
Can`t wait to try it.... ;)

[ana_s]

awwwwww thats so nice of you to share after we tortured you to tell us :D ;) Im gonna try that as soon as tomorow!! :D

thanx! oh & don't worry,we'll shhhh couse its a family-only secret :D

[SJT]

Turns out, I had ingredients on hand to make the meatballs for dinner tonight. The family loved them, including the babies. My 19 month old looked like he just rubbed dinner all over his face and head. My 3 year old (actually still 2, will be 3 on the 26th) drew a picture of the meatballs for you.

I didn't realize they were so colorful!!

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff202/LoriLou_photo/meatballs.jpg Picture by Ryan, Age 3

Thanks Again!

They look like Dippin' Dots. :)

[MonMon]

MY MEATBALLS DAY:D
ok I didnt find ground lean turkey in my country, there was only beef and chicken... so I used chicken because I dont eat red meat... and I was so afraid that it wont taste as good as yours or bad... anyways I did them with chicken... and here is goes...

I did what you said rolled them but as you can see they are in a bad shape :P

http://two.xthost.info/83monmon83/meatballs-uncooked.jpg

then my friend called me and asked me to go to eat at her place... so I left half the amount for my family and took half with me there to her house... and I cooked them there.... oh my good the smell while I was cooking was ummm oh my god I cant explain it, well you know the smell dont ya Lin?

http://two.xthost.info/83monmon83/meatblles%20in%20pan.jpg

tan tan tan, dinner is ready...

http://two.xthost.info/83monmon83/meatballs%20ready.JPG

the Parmesan's taste and the garlic was ummmm... yummy...

I love them... and everybody liked them... "Lin Milano's sunday meatballs" are yummy


Mona

[SJT]

Alright Lin, I’m back.

Don’t roll your eyes. There’ll be plenty of time for that before you finish reading this.

I’m feeling better and about half of my voice is back, so please bear with me as I type every other word.

I just picked up a few of the ingredients needed for your recipe. I might need to make a reduced batch because only a limited amount of food can fit into an SJT at one time- for example, 1 pound of healthy food- or 88 pounds of Dippin’ Dots. But don’t worry- if I end up doing a 1 pound recipe, I’ll just shape the meatballs as half-spheres.

Let me see what I got, compared to what's on your list.

2 lbs leanest chopped beef
I didn’t buy any meat yet. I’m leaving meat and the other peripheral ingredients until tomorrow.

2 eggs
Nope. Not yet.

I think we’re off to a great start.

3 cloves of garlic
Bingo! Just call me Emeril.

Hand full of fresh parsley
That sounds delicious, but I couldn't find any. The places I checked either didn’t carry it, or were implementing a new policy of not staying open during the dead of night. I don’t want to mention any names, but Ralph Albertson, you know who you are. I did pick up some chives.

½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
I got some rolls, and I’m pretty sure I can turn them into crumbs. I also got some Italian spaghetti seasonings.

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
I couldn’t find the Parmesan cheese aisle.

An avocado
I’m hungry for an avocado.

I won’t mix the avocado with the other ingredients. It would be larger than most of the other meatballs.

Kosher salt
The Kosher variety wasn't easy to locate, but eventually I got it. And I hit a home run on this one. I
bought 3 lbs. (I might not use it all.)

This leaves us missing only the meat, eggs, cheese, water, and bowl- and I'm confident about at least the water and the bowl.

I’ll pick up with this tomorrow, and if my computer isn’t among the appliances that I cause to explode, I’ll post the results.

Don't worry, Lin. I have years of experience working at restaurants not many people ate at.

Steve

[Laurita]

WOW!!! :eek: Lin Meatballs recipe!!! Great!!!
Thanks so much Lin for sharing with us...

And Mona your meatballs looks so delicious:) Specially at 14.28 p.m I´m so hungry!!! lol:D

Lau.

[MonMon]

WOW!!! :eek: Lin Meatballs recipe!!! Great!!!
Thanks so much Lin for sharing with us...

And Mona your meatballs looks so delicious:) Specially at 14.28 p.m I´m so hungry!!! lol:D

Lau.

thanks Lau. :D
and they were...
Mona

[kmh big fan]

mmm Mona they look great!!! I haven't had a chance to make mine yet, I made currie the other day at school it was yummy lol I so can't wait to make the meatballs I love cooking! I am hoping to make them maybe on Sunday all my cousins are coming to my house :)

Mona yours really look yummy!

[SJT]

Ok- I’m back.

It’s 7:50 pm as I’m writing. The Loop appears to be down, so I’ll keep typing this in MS Word until the site comes back online, the meatballs are finished, or I trip a circuit breaker.

I just got back from Mr. Ralph’s and have a few more ingredients:

2 lb leanest chopped beef
I found some ground beef with 4% fat, but apparently it comes from smaller cattle because it was packaged as 1 pound.

2 eggs
I bought the 2 eggs, and got 10 for free.

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
The cheese came in a bag, but I’ll find a way to shape the bag like a cup.

Jar of Maraschino cherries
Cherries are good. Don’t worry, I won’t mix them into the meatballs.

So it looks like I have everything I need, except a brain.

I’ll start to combine the ingredients and get back to you.

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Back again. I’ve successfully turned the rolls into bread crumbs and applied some steak seasoning. Then I added the cheese.

The meat is in a large bowl. I’m about to add the egg and other ingredients.

I also ate a cherry.

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I mixed everything together and rolled the meatballs- and then realized that I forgot the garlic. So I got 3 garlics (1½ for my half-batch) and began adding them. It seemed like a lot, but then I realized that the recipe called for 3 cloves of garlic rather than 3 whole garlics.

It’s corrected now, and my kitchen smells amazing.

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I turned on my stove for the first time ever. It turns out that it runs on gas. Adventurous!

I snapped a few pics of the meatballs cooking. They haven’t been uploaded, which might make them hard for you to see. But I’ll do what I can about that tomorrow.

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They taste very delicious! Thanks for the meatballs, Lin. :)
There are still some left if you and your family want to come over Sunday.

Steve

[MonMon]

mmm Mona they look great!!! I haven't had a chance to make mine yet, I made currie the other day at school it was yummy lol I so can't wait to make the meatballs I love cooking! I am hoping to make them maybe on Sunday all my cousins are coming to my house :)

Mona yours really look yummy!

I'll tell you something... I added more Parmesan because I love it hehehe...

thanks Kermi... (;))

Mona

[SJT]

As promised, here are my Milano Meatball pics.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/SJTonline/Yum.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/SJTonline/Closeup.jpg

They taste better than Dippin' Dots!

[angrog3]

Thank you, Lin!!!:) I can't wait to make them.;)

xxx,

Angela

[garyed40]

Hi Lin

You know I'll be trying this one out With the Lean Turkey of course.

love
Gary

[BiLlYbEnAsSi]

Cool! I have to try this out!! ;)



I was like oh that sounds good and I said too bad its meat (I dont eat red meat) then I saw your post that we can use ground lean turkey I was like wooohooo that would taste much better (to me)...

You can substitute turkey for red meat in most recipes...it's even healthier ;) :D :cool:

[Ozzie]

Lin... this was the moment so many had been waiting for...
I stuck the thread so that we can sit back and relish in the wonderfuls flavors you have combined and not miss a beat.

If only I could rig it so that when ever anyone opened this thread Dino was playing that would be the cat's meow...:D

Thanks for sharing such a wondrful family secret.
History in the making;)
Vicky

And it took nigh on 8 years on constant badgering by me to finally get Momma Mia to relent on the secret!!!.:D

Thank you, Lin, for finally giving us the recipe...I knew if I persisted for long enough I'd manage to talk you out of it:D

As soon as I'm back online at home, I'll send you all the promised xmas cake recipe:D

[Lin Milano]

Hey you guys, thank you for giving my home cooking such a wonderful welcome, Mona thank you

for sharing your beauitful chicken rollers with us, just think you started a new tradition for your

family, just wonderful. For those of you who have not see Mona photos of her take on meatballs

go & check it out. You made me so happy that I shared. Steve are you still cooking?

[SJT]

Hey you guys, thank you for giving my home cooking such a wonderful welcome, Mona thank you

for sharing your beauitful chicken rollers with us, just think you started a new tradition for your

family, just wonderful. For those of you who have not see Mona photos of her take on meatballs

go & check it out. You made me so happy that I shared. Steve are you still cooking?

Hi Lin :)

All finished now. The meatballs have all found their home in my stomach. :)

I'd like to try another round, but first I should probably double-check my fire extinguishers and maybe my insurance policy...

Amidst my mayhem, I didn't comment on Mona's Milano meatballs- which look amazing!!! :)

Steve

[MonMon]

Hey you guys, thank you for giving my home cooking such a wonderful welcome, Mona thank you

for sharing your beauitful chicken rollers with us, just think you started a new tradition for your

family, just wonderful. For those of you who have not see Mona photos of her take on meatballs

go & check it out. You made me so happy that I shared. Steve are you still cooking?


you most welcome Lin,
you have no idea how tasty they were... and you have no idea how happy i am now that you are happy...
my brother liked them so much that he asked me when i'm going to do them again...

thanks for your reply Lin, i'm really happy :)

and thanks steve, yours look amazing too...

Mona :D

[MonMon]

Cool! I have to try this out!! ;)


You can substitute turkey for red meat in most recipes...it's even healthier ;) :D :cool:


cool... i didnt know that.. :D

thanks Bill

Mona

[BiLlYbEnAsSi]

cool... i didnt know that..

thanks Bill

Mona
no problem :D
I make enchilada's, which call for ground hamburg, but you can make them with ground turkey instead ;) both are good :)
We need a recipe board :D

[Ozzie]

I just had an idea....what we need is a board where we can share all our recipes on, and post piccies of the finished product:D

What do you all think of that??:D

[CSLEWIS]

Thank You Lin.

[MonMon]

I just had an idea....what we need is a board where we can share all our recipes on, and post piccies of the finished product:D

What do you all think of that??:D

niice.. love the idea

Mona

[Nooker]

Lin just letting you know that Steve is finally making your meatballs (I can't do the cooking). I'll let you know how they are (they smell great).

Reesa


They were delicious. Thanks again for the recipe.

[garyed40]

Hi Lin

Here's my effort I couldn't find ground turkey so I use 7 Percent fat ground beef.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/garyed40/Stuff/meatballs04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/garyed40/Stuff/meatballs03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/garyed40/Stuff/meatballs05.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/garyed40/Stuff/meatballs06.jpg

They came out great Lin everybody loved them :) thank you Lin you ROCK!!

xxGary

[Nooker]

Gary that's what ours looked like too & boy were they great.

[bingbangbaby]

Mmmmm!! Wowee Zowee those look good.

[Laurita]

Hey Gary! Your meatballs looks delicious!!! mmmmmmm:p

Lau.

[catbird93]

Thank you for your secret receipe well I guess it is not a secret anymore. I will have to try it out sometime maybe make it for my mom since she is does all the cooking in the family. again thanks for sharing.

[Ronny]

WoW yay thank ya mama mia... i will try it next tuesday when i will be all alone in here hehe.. Looks soo yummy, ur makin me hungry ( more then im, but not goin to eat ). I will let ya know how it turns out!!!

And BTW dont worry, its gunna stay a secret i wont tell anybody....

[_Amanda_]

Thanks for sharing your family recipe! It's close to how my nonna makes it!:)

Ciao.
-Amanda xox

[melody48]

Ok here it is, I’m sharing family secrets now… You might want to put on a Dean Martin cd, seems to me the meatballs always come out better when Dino is keeping me company.



Lin Milano’s Sunday meatballs:



2lbs leanest chopped beef

2 eggs

½ cup grated parmesan cheese

½ cup season bread crumbs

Hand full of fresh parsley

3 cloves of garlic chopped in tiny pieces

Kosher salt, to your liking





In a large bowl, add meat, and all other ingredients

Wash hands and mix it all together, if it feels dry add

A handful of water, or if it’s too wet, add some more

Bread crumbs.



Roll into medium size balls, a handful!



Using a large frying pan, add a good amount of vegetable oil

and heat ‘till hot, add the meatballs, and cook ‘till dark

brown, and cooked inside and out.

Now you can add them to your sauce or eat them as is.



This whole process should not take more than an hour.



Keep me posted on who has made the meatballs...Oh and don't worry about the little black chin hair, just seems to grow as you roll.

Over&Out, Lin
thank you mrs milano just think im going to make a treasure meatball the way mrs milano makes just lin cory alyssa and handsome tom milano like is son lin thank you love melody.ss.cl.reporter;) :p :D :p i love it ;)

[melody48]

Thanks for this recipe, Lin!
I can't wait to try it out.

As soon as I recover from my flu I'll give it a shot.

Thanks again,
Steve
don.t worrie steve i have to wait till next week till relaxes my rules but want som now my husband is good to me but i don.t trust him with a tresure risape mrs milano oh lin i printed to redsapi ;) signed melody ss,cl.reporter i can.t wait to make it i think my back doctor gave mr to many rules :o :eek: :( im dying to break the rules so i can make good meat balls:p
next week signed melody.ss.cl.reporter

[Pooh_bear]

sooo im finally making a batch of meatballs - im slow I know - anyways I will let you all know how they turn out:D

[RaggaRach]

Ok here it is, I’m sharing family secrets now… You might want to put on a Dean Martin cd, seems to me the meatballs always come out better when Dino is keeping me company.




Ok so Im a Vego how bout some Fagioli o ceci all'olio!!!
For you none Italian's thats Beans/Chickpeas in oil sounds funny
but taste wikkid!!!!
As for Dean martin i remember my nonno playing Volare ova n ova agin!

"Volare, oh oh
E contare, oh oh oh oh
No wonder my happy heart sings
Your love has given me wings
Penso che un sogno cosi non ritorni mai piu
Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu
Poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito
E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito"

[JWagnon]

Ok here it is, I’m sharing family secrets now… You might want to put on a Dean Martin cd, seems to me the meatballs always come out better when Dino is keeping me company.



Lin Milano’s Sunday meatballs:



2lbs leanest chopped beef

2 eggs

½ cup grated parmesan cheese



½ cup season bread crumbs

Hand full of fresh parsley

3 cloves of garlic chopped in tiny pieces

Kosher salt, to your liking





In a large bowl, add meat, and all other ingredients

Wash hands and mix it all together, if it feels dry add

A handful of water, or if it’s too wet, add some more

Bread crumbs.



Roll into medium size balls, a handful!



Using a large frying pan, add a good amount of vegetable oil

and heat ‘till hot, add the meatballs, and cook ‘till dark

brown, and cooked inside and out.

Now you can add them to your sauce or eat them as is.



This whole process should not take more than an hour.



Keep me posted on who has made the meatballs...Oh and don't worry about the little black chin hair, just seems to grow as you roll.

Over&Out, Lin



Thank you for the recipe Lin. I don't usually like to make elaborate things like this just for myself though. Maybe you can have me over some sunday to try your meatballs? Anyway take care and may God bless you,

Joe

[magicman1]

Wow! They sound great Lin! You got me hungry and it's still 4 days till Sunday... ;)

[MSWDC3]

I am actually going to try and make these this week!!!

Man they sound good!

Thanx Mrs. Lin!

♪Moné♪