I get really mad at myself when I don't trust my instincts. Last night, I got off the train and forgot the address where I was supposed to meet John-Christian. I had an idea of where I was going, but for some reason I decided to go the exact opposite way. Carrying JC's heavy cymbals. For about 8 New York blocks. When I finally thought to Google the address, turn around and walk the 8 blocks back to where I started, it was 4 doors away... So dumb. Oh well. I guess it was good exercise.

I made meatballs a few nights ago. They were probably the dreamiest meatballs I've made. Lucky for you, I wrote the recipe down. It goes a little something like this:

1 lb chopped meat (ground beef to everyone else in the world besides NYC)
1 lb ground pork (why does pork get to be ground and not chopped?)
5 slices of stale wheat bread
a little warm water
1 cup boiling milk (non-fat is just fine, but whatever)
2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic salt
2/3 pkg Uncle Dan's ranch dressing mix
Olive oil for cooking and coating your hands

Here's how you create these little morsels of heaven:

Place stale bread in a large bowl and add enough warm water to crumble into tiny bits with your hands. Add the hot milk, pork and beef. Mix together with all the other seasonings. After I've mixed everything, I like to taste it. I know, I know. It's raw. I'm just tasting for flavor people, don't freak out! I'm checking to see if I need to add anymore seasoning. If you aren't comfortable doing this, don't.

Next, rub a little olive oil on your hands (this keeps the meat in the meatball and not on you). Grab a chunk and roll in your hands to form a 2" ball. Set on a cookie sheet. Do this until you've used all the meat mixture.

Add a bit of olive oil to a large skillet heated to medium - medium high. Add meatballs to fill pan with about an inch between each one. Cook for 2 minutes and then turn. Keep doing this until all sides are browned. Once finished, set them in a bowl and start on the next batch. I can usually get all the meatballs cooked in 3 or 4 batches.

These meatballs are great alone, or with a yummy red sauce and pasta, or in a sandwich. Do with them what you will. Your tummy will thank you... Unless you eat 15 of them in one setting... Which I do NOT recommend.