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do your meatballs fall apart? (recipe: turkey & sausage meatballs)

do your meatballs fall apart? (recipe: turkey & sausage meatballs)

They fall apart because you don’t beat them. I am not kidding. When you make sausage or meatballs—even meatloaf—you want to develop the myosin in the meat. It doesn’t take much ‘beating,’ but just a few minutes of stirring-with-intention will make a big difference in the texture of your ground meat. As the meat develops, it gets a little sticky. Then they hold their form and tend not to… [more]

On Top of Spaghetti

On top of Spaghetti
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed
It rolled off the table
And onto 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 then the next summer,
It grew… [more]