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[–] 108 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Wow. That looks violently delicious.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That looks very unhealthy. I want it.

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    [–] 54 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Aaah, giant meatball. The hallmark of a D grade Italian restaurant.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    This isn't necessarily true. Italian meatballs are usually small, but polpette alla Napoletana are often on the larger side. You just need to be discerning. (The one pictured looks pretty mid and still too big.)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Christ, that website has five layers of shit in the way.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Fake: No. Anon went with their parents. Gay: No. Less than two balls present.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Did it roll right out the door?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I always thought that song was so sad until recently when i looked up the full lyrics to the song and realized it had a happy ending.

    The song was a parody of "On top of old smoky" and it was popularized by Tom Glazer who sang the song in 1963.

    The lyrics he sang was

    On top of spagetti all covered with cheese
    I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed

    It rolled off the table, it rolled on 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.

    The mush was as tasty as tasty could be,
    And early next summer it grew to a tree.

    The tree was all covered with beautiful moss.
    It grew great big meatballs and tomato sauce.

    So if you eat spaghetti all covered with cheese,
    Hold on to your meatball and don't ever sneeze.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    That looks like the meatball they didn't expect anyone to order.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's just a round meatloaf.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    Meatballs like that are a common dish in the Netherlands (gehaktbal). But mostly served with potatoes and vegetables. Or as a snack, cut in slices with onion slices in between and with peanut sause (bere bal or bere hap, bear ball or bear snack).

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The question is whether it’s actually cooked. I don’t even know how long that meatball would need to sit, cooking in sauce. Small meatballs require 15 minutes to drink in the flavor but only 10 to cook completely through. This monster needs at least an hour on medium-low for a pink center. Is that even safe? How long can you let bacteria live in pleasant warmth and multiply before turning dangerous? Not to mention the lack of char, meaning this is just a boiled meatball with the texture of boiled meatball.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    My nan got a recipe from this Italian lady, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The recipe says to cook the sauce for one hour and then you add the meatballs and cook them for 1.5 hrs.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I would guarantee this thing is overcooked to hell, dry as a paper towel in the center. It probably swam in day-old red sauce in a pot for 90 minutes to prevent lawsuits, then cooled off, cooking another 20 holdover minutes. Then into the fridge to be microwaved when anon orders it.

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    I ate dinner at a friend's house way back when I was in middle school (not like overtly Italian, pretty WASP-y), and his parents made spaghetti and meatballs, and the meatballs were about this size. I remember the meal being pretty delicious though.

    Why the fuck do I even remember this bullshit?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Tablecloth checks out.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Betting this is (was?) Buca di Beppo. God I miss that place

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Americans only know chain restaurants smh in sadness

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    What restaurant, though. That looks fantastic.

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