A few weeks ahead of myself, but thinking of Super Bowl snacks - not that I really care about the super bowl game this year ;-/ (our team was awful)
Anyway, back to food product We’ve eaten this for many years when snacks are appreciated. They are easy to make, can be made and baked then frozen in zip lock bags and reheated when you see fit.
SAUSAGE BALLS
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/sausage-balls-recipe.html
DRIED BEEF AND CREAM CHEESE BALL
Another favorite is the Dried Beef and Cream cheese Ball - basically use this recipe w/o the MSG and onion salt, (but do use onion powder. The ball is then rolled in finely chopped pecans. Served with regular Ritz crackers. And, yes, it is so good there are times when making it actually save a bit before the ball and eat a few bites with a spoon (tisk tisk)
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17132/dried-beef-cheese-ball/
Dried Beef is at times hard to find on store shelves. Usually with canned meat products; a glass pop top jar - medium size drinking glass a bit more slender, a HORMEL product
We still see the dried beef in jars on the grocery shelves - but it’s spendy! I’ve wondered if we could just make our own in the Excalibur, but would probably need an expensive meat slicer to get it that thin.
It would be nice to make our own for this, as well as for cream chipped beef on toast.
-JT