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Leo

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Jun 23, 2020, 4:25:03 PM6/23/20
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I made way too much meatloaf a couple days ago. I’m sure that I’m not
the first to cut big cold chunks of meatloaf into cubes, simmer in
spaghetti sauce and use for spaghetti and meatballs.
Well...penne and meatballs in my case. The meatloaf cubes tasted just like
meatballs to me, and as a bonus, they didn’t roll around on the plate
like those round ones do.

leo

GM

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Jun 23, 2020, 4:41:39 PM6/23/20
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I like it..."Leo the Meatball Polymath"...

;-)

--
Best
Greg

itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 23, 2020, 6:39:48 PM6/23/20
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> Leo
>
No chasing your meatballs around the plate??

Leo

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Jun 23, 2020, 8:32:52 PM6/23/20
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On 2020 Jun 23, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<f46a09ac-4c34-4b0c...@googlegroups.com>):

> No chasing your meatballs around the plate??

Nope. I don’t have to spear them when they slide onto my lap which is
painful. I’ve suddenly become a big fan of cubic meatballs.

leo


itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 23, 2020, 9:40:13 PM6/23/20
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> Leo
>
If you decide to try the round ones again I'll be happy to send you an
adult bib or even an apron.

Leo

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Jun 23, 2020, 10:22:08 PM6/23/20
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On 2020 Jun 23, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<372940f6-326b-4397...@googlegroups.com>):

> If you decide to try the round ones again I'll be happy to send you an
> adult bib or even an apron.

Cast off the bib and apron, and embrace the cube! My trips to Emergency
have gone down dramatically in the last day or two. In this time of
pestilence, that’s a good thing. I’m paying my revelation forward.
You’re welcome!

leo


itsjoan...@webtv.net

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Jun 23, 2020, 11:34:58 PM6/23/20
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> Leo
>
Har-har-har-har!

Julie Bove

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Jun 24, 2020, 12:29:15 AM6/24/20
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"Leo" <leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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I just make cold meatloaf sandwiches. I don't like meatballs very much but
my meatballs don't taste like my meatloaf.

Leo

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Jun 24, 2020, 4:39:58 AM6/24/20
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On 2020 Jun 24, , Sqwertz wrote
(in article <hugjxrsthh54$.d...@sqwertz.com>):

> That would make for a great Spaghetti Anarchist picture. Do post!

Gimme about 45 minutes. My wife ate all the meatcubes but two. Luckily, I
had even more meatloaf, so I cubed it just now, and I need to fake a sauce
simmering.
Ah, the hell with it, most of the meatcubes haven’t been simmered in
sauce and were just thrown in at the last minute and microwaved with the
leftover pasta. I’ll choke it down. I already had a Prilosec, because,
for me, beer and tomato anything don’t mix without help.

<https://postimg.cc/VdXHMyKS>

leo


songbird

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Jun 24, 2020, 7:48:44 AM6/24/20
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Sqwertz wrote:
...
> I'm drinking rum and watermelon soda. What are YOU drinking? :-)

just some water so far. maybe a bit of milk later.


> Meatcubes and spaghetti are a challenge to make and photograph. But
> the idea of using leftover meatloagf is perfectly sound, IMO.
> (here comes the spelling Nazi Sheldon Katz).

it would be acceptable food to me for sure but i wouldn't
consider it the same as spaghetti and meat balls. the flavors
and textures of each are so different (at least the way we
make meatballs here the ingredients aren't the same nor is
the prep the same).


songbird

Gary

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Jun 24, 2020, 8:41:42 AM6/24/20
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Leo wrote:
>
> I made way too much meatloaf a couple days ago.

Huh? Is that even possible? "Not in my area"

Gary

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Jun 24, 2020, 8:42:13 AM6/24/20
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Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Leo" wrote:
> >I made way too much meatloaf a couple days ago. I’m sure that I’m not
> > the first to cut big cold chunks of meatloaf into cubes, simmer in
> > spaghetti sauce and use for spaghetti and meatballs.
> > Well...penne and meatballs in my case. The meatloaf cubes tasted just like
> > meatballs to me, and as a bonus, they didn’t roll around on the plate
> > like those round ones do.
>
> I just make cold meatloaf sandwiches.

Any leftover meatloaf here never sees the inside of my freezer.
I'll just snack on it for days. I'll cut off a slice, put
in a bowl with dish lid, and microwave it back to hot.

Better to me than a sandwich. I'd be afraid to use some
for spaghetti type dish too.

My largest is a 5lb meatloaf. It's always gone within 3 days.

I do the same with homemade lasagne in a 9X13 pan.

Ophelia

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Jun 24, 2020, 10:12:06 AM6/24/20
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"Gary" wrote in message news:5EF349A1...@att.net...

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Leo" wrote:
> >I made way too much meatloaf a couple days ago. I’m sure that I’m not
> > the first to cut big cold chunks of meatloaf into cubes, simmer in
> > spaghetti sauce and use for spaghetti and meatballs.
> > Well...penne and meatballs in my case. The meatloaf cubes tasted just
> > like
> > meatballs to me, and as a bonus, they didn’t roll around on the plate
> > like those round ones do.
>
> I just make cold meatloaf sandwiches.

Any leftover meatloaf here never sees the inside of my freezer.
I'll just snack on it for days. I'll cut off a slice, put
in a bowl with dish lid, and microwave it back to hot.

Better to me than a sandwich. I'd be afraid to use some
for spaghetti type dish too.

My largest is a 5lb meatloaf. It's always gone within 3 days.

I do the same with homemade lasagne in a 9X13 pan.

====

Wow!!! It all must be jolly good!!! I have only made meatloaf a few
times but we didn't really like it much. I tried a few recipes but have
dumped them:(

Please share yours ?


Sheldon Martin

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Jun 24, 2020, 11:45:17 AM6/24/20
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 "Ophelia" wrote:
>"Gary" wrote:
>Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Leo" wrote:
>>
>> >I made way too much meatloaf a couple days ago. I’m sure that I’m not
>> > the first to cut big cold chunks of meatloaf into cubes, simmer in
>> > spaghetti sauce and use for spaghetti and meatballs.
>> > Well...penne and meatballs in my case. The meatloaf cubes tasted just
>> > like
>> > meatballs to me, and as a bonus, they didn’t roll around on the plate
>> > like those round ones do.
>>
>> I just make cold meatloaf sandwiches.
>
>Any leftover meatloaf here never sees the inside of my freezer.
>I'll just snack on it for days. I'll cut off a slice, put
>in a bowl with dish lid, and microwave it back to hot.
>
>Better to me than a sandwich. I'd be afraid to use some
>for spaghetti type dish too.
>
>My largest is a 5lb meatloaf. It's always gone within 3 days.
>
>I do the same with homemade lasagne in a 9X13 pan.
>====
>
>Wow!!! It all must be jolly good!!! I have only made meatloaf a few
>times but we didn't really like it much. I tried a few recipes but have
>dumped them:(
>
> Please share yours ?

I never make less than a five pound meat loaf, not worth all the
trouble for less, sometimes 8, 9, 10 pounds, and that's the weight of
the meat, not the other ingredients; veggies, crumbs, eggs, etc.
Sometimes I'll use all beef but more often I'll add pork to the
mixture, usually shoulder pork chops that I'll save the meaty bones
for making pasta sauce. Naturally I grind everything myself...
mystery meat loaf is stupid dumb.

I never thought to cut meat loaf into cubes and cook them in sauce
like meatballs, unless well browned on all sides they'd dissolve and
it'd become a meat sauce. If I wanted meatballs that's what I'd make
to begin with. I slice the leftovers for sandwhiches, wrap and freeze
the slices. I would only defrost the slices in the fridge, not heat
them, I happen to like cold meat loaf sandwhiches with horsey sauce.

Hank Rogers

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Jun 24, 2020, 1:52:53 PM6/24/20
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Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:40:34 -0700, Leo wrote:
>
>> On 2020 Jun 24, , Sqwertz wrote
>> (in article <hugjxrsthh54$.d...@sqwertz.com>):
>>
>>> That would make for a great Spaghetti Anarchist picture. Do post!
>>
>> Gimme about 45 minutes. My wife ate all the meatcubes but two. Luckily, I
>> had even more meatloaf, so I cubed it just now, and I need to fake a sauce
>> simmering.
>> Ah, the hell with it, most of the meatcubes haven┤ been simmered in
>> sauce and were just thrown in at the last minute and microwaved with the
>> leftover pasta. I▍l choke it down. I already had a Prilosec, because,
>> for me, beer and tomato anything don┤ mix without help.
>>
>> <https://postimg.cc/VdXHMyKS>
>
> I'm drinking rum and watermelon soda. What are YOU drinking? :-)
>
> Meatcubes and spaghetti are a challenge to make and photograph. But
> the idea of using leftover meatloagf is perfectly sound, IMO.
> (here comes the spelling Nazi Sheldon Katz).
>
>
> -sw
>

You kiddin? Popeye can't spell fer shit!




jmcquown

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Jun 24, 2020, 6:45:51 PM6/24/20
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Everybody, sing along!

"On top of spaghetti [penne], 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."

Jill

Doris Night

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Jun 25, 2020, 12:17:08 AM6/25/20
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:45:47 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
"It rolled in the garden, and under a bush. And then my poor meatball
was nothing but mush."

(I don't think there's any more.)

Doris

Opinicus

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Jun 25, 2020, 4:19:46 AM6/25/20
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:17:03 -0600, Doris Night
<goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> "It rolled in the garden, and under a bush. And then my poor meatball
> was nothing but mush."
>
> (I don't think there's any more.)

"So if you eat spaghetti / all covered in cheese / watch out for your
meatball / and don't ever sneeze."

--
Bob
St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats

songbird

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Jun 25, 2020, 6:39:21 AM6/25/20
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Opinicus wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:17:03 -0600, Doris Night
><goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "It rolled in the garden, and under a bush. And then my poor meatball
>> was nothing but mush."
>>
>> (I don't think there's any more.)
>
> "So if you eat spaghetti / all covered in cheese / watch out for your
> meatball / and don't ever sneeze."

there were as many verses as we could make up. :)

like the sound "I found a peanut..." they were
long car trip songs.


songbird

jmcquown

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Jun 25, 2020, 10:47:26 AM6/25/20
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I don't think there's anymore, either, but thank you for playing along,
Doris. :)

Jill

jmcquown

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Jun 25, 2020, 10:48:47 AM6/25/20
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On 6/25/2020 4:19 AM, Opinicus wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:17:03 -0600, Doris Night
> <goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "It rolled in the garden, and under a bush. And then my poor meatball
>> was nothing but mush."
>>
>> (I don't think there's any more.)
>
> "So if you eat spaghetti / all covered in cheese / watch out for your
> meatball / and don't ever sneeze."
>
That's it! Doris and I forgot the ending. Makes a good case for cubic
meatballs. ;)

Jill

jmcquown

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Jun 25, 2020, 11:04:24 AM6/25/20
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"Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just now, just now I
found a peanut, found a peanut just now." Goes on to say it was rotten
but "ate it anyway".

How about this one? "The worms crawl in the worms crawl out, from your
stomach and out your mouth. Don't ever laugh when a hearse goes by or
you will be the next to die..." That one has origins from soldiers from
the Crimean Wars and WWI but as a kid we used to sing it.

And

"Ta ra ra boom-de-ay, there is no school today. The teacher passed
away, they found her in the bay. When they fished her out, she smelled
like sauerkraut. Ta ra ra boom-de-ay, there is no school today."

Cheerful kids songs. LOL

Jill

dsi1

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Jun 25, 2020, 11:55:10 AM6/25/20
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The song was written by folkie songwriter/singer, Tom Glazer. There are an additional 3 verses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbSjRJ9xz4

Ophelia

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Jun 25, 2020, 3:26:07 PM6/25/20
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"Opinicus" wrote in message
news:ten8ff1h1aansga0j...@anodyne.nul.which.is.quite.invalid...

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:17:03 -0600, Doris Night
<goodnig...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> "It rolled in the garden, and under a bush. And then my poor meatball
> was nothing but mush."
>
> (I don't think there's any more.)

"So if you eat spaghetti / all covered in cheese / watch out for your
meatball / and don't ever sneeze."


Bob

====

lol

Ophelia

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Jun 25, 2020, 3:30:06 PM6/25/20
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"dsi1" wrote in message
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====

LOL D. heard this and knew it:)) He was singing along LOL


songbird

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Jun 25, 2020, 3:33:48 PM6/25/20
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jmcquown wrote:
...
> How about this one? "The worms crawl in the worms crawl out, from your
> stomach and out your mouth. Don't ever laugh when a hearse goes by or
> you will be the next to die..." That one has origins from soldiers from
> the Crimean Wars and WWI but as a kid we used to sing it.

the version we sang was something like:

(gross alert for the squeemish)

The worms crawl in
the worms crawl out
the worms play pinochle on your snout.

All goes well for about a week
then your casket starts to creak
your eyes get all gooshy green
and pus comes out from in between.

it really varied by what we could come up
with that day.


> And
>
> "Ta ra ra boom-de-ay, there is no school today. The teacher passed
> away, they found her in the bay. When they fished her out, she smelled
> like sauerkraut. Ta ra ra boom-de-ay, there is no school today."

ha! ours went:

Troll la la boomsie ay! We'll take your pants away!
And you'll be standing there with no more underwear!


> Cheerful kids songs. LOL

the peanut song we could go on for quite many
verses. those were the days when you could sleep
in the back window of the car on the way to Grandma's
place (until you got too big to fit, but by then not
all of us were going anyways).


songbird

Hank Rogers

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Jun 25, 2020, 6:42:12 PM6/25/20
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Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "dsi1"  wrote in message
> news:8a904989-d322-4918...@googlegroups.com...
>
> On Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 6:17:08 PM UTC-10, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:45:47 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/23/2020 8:33 PM, Leo wrote:
>> >> On 2020 Jun 23, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
>> >> (in
>> article<f46a09ac-4c34-4b0c...@googlegroups.com>):
>> >>
>> >>> No chasing your meatballs around the plate??
>> >>
>> >> Nope. I don’t have to spear them when they slide onto my lap
>> which is
>> >> painful. I’ve suddenly become a big fan of cubic meatballs.
>> >>
>> >> leo
>> >>
>> >>
>> >Everybody, sing along!
>> >
>> >"On top of spaghetti [penne], 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."
>>
>> (I don't think there's any more.)
>>
>> Doris
>
> The song was written by folkie songwriter/singer, Tom Glazer. There
> are an additional 3 verses.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSbSjRJ9xz4
>
> ====
>
>    LOL D. heard this and knew it:))  He was singing along LOL
>
>

BLIMEY!

Himself?


Hank Rogers

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Jun 25, 2020, 6:45:30 PM6/25/20
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Beans Beans, the magical fruit.
The more yoose eat, the more yoose fart.

The more yoose fart, the better yoose feel.
Eat yoose beans at every meal.



jmcquown

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Jun 25, 2020, 8:13:29 PM6/25/20
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As young kids, my brothers and I travelled across this country, coast to
coast, in Mom & Dad's station wagon. We had sleeping bags to take naps
in the back; my oldest brother would stretch out on the back seat. Our
parents got a little tired of us singing. Only so many peanut songs
allowed on a 2600 mile trip!

Jill

Ophelia

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Jun 26, 2020, 4:56:29 AM6/26/20
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"songbird" wrote in message news:epafsg-...@anthive.com...
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LOL we used to have songs like that:)))

Gary

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Jun 26, 2020, 7:07:10 AM6/26/20
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Ophelia wrote:
> LOL we used to have songs like that:)))

The most annoying traveling song to me was that
"100 bottles of beer on the wall" song.

Kids on a school field trip used to sing that
on the bus. Highly annoying. I would have happily
shot everyone on the bus except the bus driver.

Then tell him to stop the bus and let me out.
I could have done a "drop the mike" thing with the gun,
then strolled off into the sunset.

;-D
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