meatballs
Pasta's protein spheres
Meatballs are small balls of ground meat—usually beef, pork, or a mixture—seasoned and cooked by frying, baking, or simmering in sauce.
They appear across cuisines: Swedish meatballs in cream sauce, Italian meatballs with spaghetti, Middle Eastern kofta.
In slang, meatball can mean a dull or stupid person: What a meatball.
Chopped cattle flesh
- porkPig as food
- vealYoung calf meat
- breadcrumbsDried, crushed loaf pieces
- eggReproductive cell in shell
garlic · onion · parmesan · herbs · salt · pepper · milk · ricotta
Long thin cylindrical pasta
- marinaraSeasoned tomato sauce
- subFill-in worker
- stroganoffBeef in sour cream sauce
- soupCooked liquid dish
casserole · appetizer · slider · tagine · curry · gravy · rice bowl · pita
Of or from Rome's country
- SwedishOf a Nordic kingdom
- koftaSeasoned ground meat shapes
- albondigasSpanish-style meat spheres
- GreekOf Athenian origin
Lebanese · Moroccan · Spanish · Turkish · Danish · Vietnamese · Indonesian · American
Curved like circle
- sphericalGlobe-like in form
- bite-sizedSmall enough for one mouthful
- rolledRotated or turned over
- uniformIdentical throughout
Simply prepared, like family cooking
- heartyWarm and substantial
- grandma'sPossessed by grandmother
- familyRelated people together
- traditionCustom passed through generations
nostalgia · homecooked · wholesome · nourishing · Sunday dinner · potluck · childhood · cozy
ground beef
Chopped cattle flesh
- porkPig as food
- vealYoung calf meat
- breadcrumbsDried, crushed loaf pieces
egg · garlic · onion · parmesan · herbs · salt · pepper · milk · ricotta · panko
spaghetti
Long thin cylindrical pasta
- marinaraSeasoned tomato sauce
- subFill-in worker
- stroganoffBeef in sour cream sauce
soup · casserole · appetizer · slider · tagine · curry · gravy · rice bowl · pita · flatbread
Italian
Of or from Rome's country
- SwedishOf a Nordic kingdom
- koftaSeasoned ground meat shapes
- albondigasSpanish-style meat spheres
Greek · Lebanese · Moroccan · Spanish · Turkish · Danish · Vietnamese · Indonesian · American · Jewish
round
Curved like circle
- sphericalGlobe-like in form
- bite-sizedSmall enough for one mouthful
- rolledRotated or turned over
uniform · plump · mini · giant · irregular · flattened · oval
homestyle
Simply prepared, like family cooking
tradition · nostalgia · homecooked · wholesome · nourishing · Sunday dinner · potluck · childhood · cozy · satisfying
rolling
Turning over repeatedly
baking · simmering · braising · shaping · seasoning · forming · pan-frying · broiling · poaching · glazing
- restaurant fareappetizer, burger, burrito, chicken, curry
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Uppsala, Scania
- comfort foodbeef stew, chicken soup, fried chicken, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes
- Homemade Recipesapple pie, banana bread, biscuits, casserole, chili
- Italian AmericansItalian Americans, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Frank Sinatra, Martin Scorsese
- spaghetti and meatballsPasta dish with seasoned spheres
- meatball subSandwich with seasoned beef spheres
- Swedish meatballsSeasoned ground meat spheres
- little meatballs
- turkey meatballsGround poultry shaped round