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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 104 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Wow. That looks violently delicious.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That looks very unhealthy. I want it.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Have you seen what most of us Americans eat!?

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey, everything in moderation, including moderation

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago

Please don't moderate my moderation!

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have never tasted a meatball that size that wasn't poorly cooked.

and the ones that I haven't tasted but have seen looked dry as fuck

I am skeptical

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Feels like some old fart just didn't feel like rolling 30 balls, so makes 4 instead and calls it marketing. And probably Gordon Ramsay restaurant show levels of delusion about how "everyone loves it".

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to imagine that cereal mascot

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago
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[–] Jackusflackus@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Aaah, giant meatball. The hallmark of a D grade Italian restaurant.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This isn't necessarily true. Italian meatballs are usually small, but polpette alla Napoletana are often on the larger side. You just need to be discerning. (The one pictured looks pretty mid and still too big.)

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Christ, that website has five layers of shit in the way.

[–] three@lemmy.zip 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

With ublock I still got two layers

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago

With my ublock, I got 3 popups. You're not kidding.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did it roll right out the door?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I always thought that song was so sad until recently when i looked up the full lyrics to the song and realized it had a happy ending.

The song was a parody of "On top of old smoky" and it was popularized by Tom Glazer who sang the song in 1963.

The lyrics he sang was

On top of spagetti all covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed

It rolled off the table, it rolled on the floor.
And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door

It rolled in the garden and under a bush.
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty as tasty could be,
And early next summer it grew to a tree.

The tree was all covered with beautiful moss.
It grew great big meatballs and tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti all covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball and don't ever sneeze.

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

First thought this was a Aqua Teen Hunger Force reference - but this is much better. Thanks!

[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fake: No. Anon went with their parents. Gay: No. Less than two balls present.

[–] coffee_tacos@mander.xyz 14 points 11 months ago

Fake: anon left the house. Gay: anon wanted more balls

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

That looks like the meatball they didn't expect anyone to order.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's just a round meatloaf.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

No, a meatloaf is early Borg protein, this is advanced Borg protein.

We are fed.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 months ago

Meatballs like that are a common dish in the Netherlands (gehaktbal). But mostly served with potatoes and vegetables. Or as a snack, cut in slices with onion slices in between and with peanut sause (bere bal or bere hap, bear ball or bear snack).

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (6 children)

The question is whether it’s actually cooked. I don’t even know how long that meatball would need to sit, cooking in sauce. Small meatballs require 15 minutes to drink in the flavor but only 10 to cook completely through. This monster needs at least an hour on medium-low for a pink center. Is that even safe? How long can you let bacteria live in pleasant warmth and multiply before turning dangerous? Not to mention the lack of char, meaning this is just a boiled meatball with the texture of boiled meatball.

[–] dmention7@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Whenever I've made homemade meatballs, we just bake them in the oven to cook, then either add to the sauce or serve separately.

I guess you'd just cook this monster like a lil meatloaf.

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[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (6 children)

My nan got a recipe from this Italian lady, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The recipe says to cook the sauce for one hour and then you add the meatballs and cook them for 1.5 hrs.

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You must giveth the recipeth hereth noweth.

[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Sure! As requested

It says to roll into small balls, but small could be anything depending on context.

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I would guarantee this thing is overcooked to hell, dry as a paper towel in the center. It probably swam in day-old red sauce in a pot for 90 minutes to prevent lawsuits, then cooled off, cooking another 20 holdover minutes. Then into the fridge to be microwaved when anon orders it.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

God damn it why did I click that link. I knew better but now im hungry!

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 months ago

I ate dinner at a friend's house way back when I was in middle school (not like overtly Italian, pretty WASP-y), and his parents made spaghetti and meatballs, and the meatballs were about this size. I remember the meal being pretty delicious though.

Why the fuck do I even remember this bullshit?

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 12 points 11 months ago

Tablecloth checks out.

[–] blackbeards_bounty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Betting this is (was?) Buca di Beppo. God I miss that place

[–] wieson@feddit.org 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Americans only know chain restaurants smh in sadness

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They were just expressing they have fond memories of eating at a restaurant, calm down lol

[–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am not at all agitated, I truly feel for them. It is not their fault.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Well, I could mention local restaurants, but:

  1. That would dox my location
  2. You wouldn't recognize them anyway
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

What restaurant, though. That looks fantastic.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

dude there's a... you know i always thought it was a chinese place but now i'm not so sure. at very least it was a southeast asian restaurant i used to live down the street from, and they had this meatball over rice they'd serve. i eyeballed it lustfully every time someone would order it but never worked up the courage. maybe in two weeks i'll ask the wife

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