Today I have a delicious savory dish called Porcupine Meatballs!
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Life Magazine February 1953
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Make sure when you serve this dish to jab a fork through the napkin!
I took a few liberties with making this dish. I used ground turkey and turkey sausage instead of beef. I also think I used tomato soup not tomato sauce. This was not on purpose, I just grabbed the wrong can from the pantry, but I would recommend it over the sauce.
Life Magazine February 1953
click on image for recipe enlargement
Make sure when you serve this dish to jab a fork through the napkin!
I took a few liberties with making this dish. I used ground turkey and turkey sausage instead of beef. I also think I used tomato soup not tomato sauce. This was not on purpose, I just grabbed the wrong can from the pantry, but I would recommend it over the sauce.
I was a bit bummed that my meatballs didn't "porcupine" up as the ones in the original ad.
When I was browning the balls, that is when most of the spikes dislodged. Another layer shed off in the sauce. I think I have the few stragglers because I used more rice that the recipe called for.
The visual of the porcupine meatballs in the Hunt's ad reminded me of Beetlejuice when he was getting a little "anxious" if you know what he means...
I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself, can find a little meatball action...
How about as an appetizer served at Dante's Inferno Room in Winter River, Connecticut!?
(I jabbed a few rice "spurs" to these Beetlejuice balls for effect!)
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