SWEDISH MEATBALLS ...wih a 'twist' :D
What happens when you get tired of McCRAPNOLD's lol
This started out on a whim, while I was grocery shopping. I saw sausage meatballs for $2.99 and it looked SO GOOD, I grabbed 2 packages. 24 meatballs, but it is 2 different kinds. Not sure if I can tell the differences but that is OK. Here's how it all happened...
I was waiting for my good friend @eaglespirit to get back to me on discord, and I looked up a Swedish meatball recipe online. Way cool, my assumptions were correct for the base, Beef Broth. So when my little birdy (Eagle Spirit) :D gets back to me, I can just ask for some good pointers and not a 'from the start' How-To. Primo!
E.S. tells me I should brown the meatballs in a fry pan I said that was a good one, cuz my online directions were assuming frozen meatballs and it said just throw them in! Mine would have disintegrated I'm sure LOL!!! Sausage Stew... Yuk! So I basically cook them through, just in case. I do not want trichinosis :D E.S. also told me I do not need to use my broth al at once, just enough to keep it from burning. But here's the wrinkle... I don't have 'broth' I have a BASE and it needs liquid... water, anyone can do it that way. IDEA!!! I use BEER. I have a Yuengling traditional lager or 2 left over, I pour that right into the crock pot (12oz) and put in about 2 tbsp. of organic mushroom broth base. This stuff was SO YUMMY in the bean soup, beats the crap outta beef broth and besides, these are pork meatballs. Tossed in some Tajin Mexican Seasoning, some McCormick Cajun (I think I am out of Chipotle) seasoning, but it smelled like it was a match for the project at hand. A couple pats of butter for the hell of it and that was my sauce. Smelled really good simmering. The browned meatballs went in later, then the Salsa. I had bought new salsa just for this but I had a jar that was smaller and already open from just a few days prior, and it was MEDIUM Heat instead of Mild. Big Plus! It is all coming together very well, smells Great and I decide it's time for a taste! lol One meatball, tastes like a very good spaghetti version, but I think a bit more flavor is in order. 3 heaping tablespoons of SUGAR??? Hell NO, I have STEVIA! Both my parents are late-onset diabetic, none of that BS for me! :P I also threw in that entire can of La Costena jalapenos picture above! They are not the really hot type, just the nacho style. BTW, the peppers were in for the taste, I got that part bass-ackwards ;) It is kinda soupy, so a cup of whole grain Barley will make it more like a stew but I love barley in everything like this. OK, I'm weird! That;s why my peeps Love Me, cuz I embrace my inner psycho!
I'ma tag this one as food (DUH) I know we have tons of foodies on here and hopefully they will like this Franken-Swedish-Mexi-Meatball STEW as much as I do! It is really good, I am getting that from the last taste as I leave it simmering so the barley will cook fully. It's a late DUPPER Meal ;) I hope it's not too spicy for sleeping on!
Better eat LIGHTLY on it, and anyway, stuff like this is usually even better the second day! The flavors permeate better throughout the dish. I definitely have plenty for several meals! Here's a couple pix of the semi-finished product, w/o the lid is a bit blurry I must have been excited and overcome by the scent of the food ;) lol
...special thanks to @EAGLESPIRIT for the technical advice! I would have ruined it w/o HER HELP!
She can barely stand me anyway, I gotta give her PROPS! :* ;) :D
Awww how could I not upvote you 100 on this one Undie @underground? It really does look good, and that is why I told you not to pour all that liquid in there at the beginning. LOL
Did it really taste good, I can't believe you put in a whole can of Jalepeno peppers. Yay, you did it and it looks great too. I love the write-up, so doodish but classy. xx
ReSteem Boo Undie
PS. I stand you Just fine! BIG Hugs.
Yes, My Love, it was really DELICIOUS!!! The last thing I did "off the cuff' was edible, but BLAND! I could not even fix it with Hot Sauce! lol THANKS for the help I needed, I gained CONFIDENCE once U told me what I needed! :* :* :* :* :* I cannot thank you ENOUGH! :*
Watching the food network one night they did this show on a chicken and apples dish. You cooked the chicken with the apples (and other spices). The apples cooked down to like a soft squash-ish-ness, close to applesauce but not quite but that didn't stop me from thinking about the jar of applesauce don't seemed to want to eat in the cupboard so I got the bright idea the same objective could be accomplished by cooking the chicken in applesauce....lol....yup, I am still trying to live that one down with my kids to this day. They had some teen friends at the time that would often come by looking for a bit to eat....they are usually pretty polite critics but not so much that time around.
You are the Sweetest Ever!! I'm so glad i came out good and bland is never good. Confidence is so important .. now I want to try it .. LOL!
I love em meatballs in a sub, a soup or in a pasta dish! Hooray for meat!
YOU WIN for Best Comment (so far) Mav!!! I'm so glad you broke from Evan's homo-erotic commentary and made your own way in my replies :D This food was SO GOOD, waaaay better than traditional Swedish Meatballs than I have ever tasted! :* YumMmy! lol
LOL dood looks WORRIED
Yes I had the "afterburner" the next day but it's hardly noticeable :D
the interestingly long thread on meatballs for curation and incentivized meatwad loving awards
This is undoubtedly the strangest recipe for "Swedish" meatballs I've ever seen. But, meatballs go with lots of things so I'm sure you'll make something in here work. Except for the beer. Some people love beer ... so much they cook with beer. I am not one of those people. Apparently you are. Perhaps we can overcome this hurdle. @eaglespirit says she likes you. I'm willing to give you a chance. (Following you now. Don't disappoint me. Also gave you an upvote. Don't worry. That part is free. But I'm still expecting great things from you. Or @eaglespirit will have some 'splaining to do.)
OH noooo!!! PoPo caught wind of this, and it was just an experiment ... do NOT hold me to this recipe .. this was a guy thing and he added his own flavor to it .. hahahahahaah
Hurdle? :D
I just used it because I had no liquid broth and I've seen the cooking shows where they use a bottle of wine and a few shots go in the dish and the cook ends up drinking the rest ;) It actually worked fine I guess, but I'd have been OK with plain water and my mushroom broth base. I will not go out of my way to get beer for cooking, it was just a novel idea that you hear about. IMO 'spirits' are like you and our friend Eagle, great to have around! Alcoholic spirits, meh, I can take it or leave it!
Nice to meet you, and I hope to DELIVER! Thanks for the vote and vote of confidence too!
Put me in the crowd that swills the cooking wine while I'm sauteing mushrooms. It's one of my few vices while cooking. (Well, ok ... that and eating raw cookie dough, raw cake batter, pudding mix in the milk before it gets cooked. Sometimes the only reason I make cookies is so I can eat the raw dough. I am totally serious about that) It's just that I don't like the taste of beer. But anything else, oh, yeah, you betcha. Eggnog with rum. A margarita. Pina coladas ... oh, yeah, baby, clear the counter and keep 'em coming.
Your post actually reminded me I haven't made Swedish meatballs myself in a dog's age. So we got ground beef at the market yesterday ... and sour cream ... and egg noodles. And mine will look like Swedish meatballs when I'm done. But I think yours might have been really good, too.
I love to just "wing it" when the cooking bug bites me. It happens more than you might imagine ... and I come up with some really great stuff. Especially soups. Which we can enjoy while it lasts, because I never have any memory of how I did it, and couldn't write down the recipe for sure if I tried. That's ok. We made wonderful memories doing exactly this through the years.
And this 6'7" vegetarian Croatian taught me about "cooking with refrigerator garbage." Stuff most rational people would throw out in another few days goes in the soup. Carrots, onions, left over corn, broccoli, cheese. I'm not sure if he eats cheese. Vegetarians can be really weird. Him in particular. He also plays basketball. That alone makes him suspicious. (When he's not in Italy playing ball, he lives in a sewer -- dodging bullets. Croatia is a war zone, you know.)
His name is @awakentolife . Stay away from. He can be really mean. (Growing up in a war zone has its downside, I've learned.) Also stay away from some character named @catweasel. (He has no excuse for himself. No war zone in his childhood.)
He claims to be married to me, but he's shady as hell and really annoying. I need to come up with a better class of friends. I think tagging around after @eaglespirit can help with that. So far, at least. Only she's pretty chummy w/ @awakentolife. (She doesn't know him like I do. I've begun to question her taste a little. Maybe you can help restore my faith in her judgment. I can hope, anyway.)
I'm gone now. Make me something else nice to read, ok? I've got plenty of work to do ... but I'll be back. (Imagine me imitating Arnold Schwartzenegger when I say that. )
"I'll be baa-aak."
Wow, what to say really? I really thought we were past sewer, and dodging bullets thing? I truly hoped we left it behind? And, then thanks to Gina I stumble on this comment. hahahah wow @enchantedspirit
You have really outdone yourself this time. So what have you learned here my friend @underground? Don't ever relax next to her.. Or you will be blind-sided with comments like this. She will pretend to be nice and even write some cute and nice comments. Telling you how much she likes you and BAM..... You will read a comment like this.. Then again you relax and before you know BAMMM again. Don't tell me 2 months from now on I did not warn you. She is a piece of work to say at least.... lol
All kidding aside don't be scared of her "barking". She is really a cute little puppy with a big heart. Even though she tries to fool us with these kinds of comments. And, she will really try hard to convince you otherwise. lol @eaglespirit please tell her she is not fooling anyone? lol
Asta la vista.
(Talking to my little dog, Toto.) I don't think we're in Croatia any more.
🤣 do you see what she’s saying here @awakentolife ? You all gave her 41 cents ahhahahahhahah
They hope to buy me off ... and convince me to go away.
OH! Is that how you make the big bucks? LOL
Now I know a new trick ... HeeHee
hehee Thanx for the Warning!
I think the refrigerator garbage idea is a good one,
juicing could also be a good end for "nearly done"
organic matter ;)
LOL!!!
I missed this reply, it just keeps getting BETTER!!!
You need to see my Latest Creation, NO BEER!!! lol
Damn! Now thatsa spicy-a meatball stew!
Looks delish!
Yes it IS!
Too spicy for 'mere mortals' I'd wager... it's about as spicy as I could make it for the kids, well, perhaps too spicy for "the girl" but I think "the boy" would enjoy it!
Hey Damus, what is a good (or passable) Canadian Beer I can get here in INDY? All I really know is LaBatts Blue which is good, but I thought there was one called Kuegel??? No real idea after LaBatts :D
hahaha! i agree when you said that the food taste better the next day. :) and yes, it looks delicious! even on the blurry one. i think im getting hungry now. how does it taste with the beer as base? i think its a nice idea.
Hello Melody! It came out better than I had hoped, even the 'sauce' is a great stand-alone soup, but quite spicy! I think you would like my cooking :D
yeah, i definitely would, plus its a plus when men can cook! i love spicy food! you should post more of your cookings. hahaha..
lol
sirs, we need to further discuss and garner comments on this "meatball" post , really touches on some geopolitical problems going on in this current climate of FUD and ultra-volatility.....
I think I've been a meathead lately...
Can I get an AMEN??? ;) :D :P
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Aww.. I love meatballs they are a big favorite 😋
Really looks delicious my friend and fun to se the results. And as always you crack me up with your writing and way of words... Lol
Awsome post, thank you for sharing 🤗
A question.. Were they hot? I mean lots of chili ey?
SASSA!!! Yes, they were pretty spicy and like I said elsewhere, likely a bit much for "Mere Mortals" 😋 If I can tell the day after that I had Spicy Food, it was just about RIGHT! IYKWIM! 😋
Oh, I love eating Swedish Meatballs in IKEA. We prepare it differently in my country tho :D
This is MY OWN RECIPE, and it is really awesome IISSMS!!!
Yeah, I know. I would try it. ^^ I just said that I love the IKEA ones because I have never tried any other Swedish meatballs :/
I think this is meatballs in the Philippines- and yes its yummy . But to leave food for the second day? nah! food no more once cook😅..and if you will eat late better drink water , no more left for you....😭