[Rushmore Rocks]

Speaking of old school favorites, any one remember “porcupine balls”? Ground beef mixed with rice, formed into meatballs and slow simmered in marinara sauce. I haven’t made it in many years, but it is in the crock pot now.....smells good.

[Jamestown1630]

It sounds good; but does it turn out in the crock pot as well as on the stove?

I haven’t had much success with crock pots - or as Miss M. calls them ‘deflavorizers’.

[leaning conservative]

Mmmmmm.......

[sima_yi]

...any one remember “porcupine balls”?

I haven't had any of those in years, no, decades. Thanks for reminding me. I am going to make up a batch.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Speaking of old school favorites, any one remember ‘porcupine balls’?”

When I was a kid, Mom used to make these. I’m sure it’s a staple in the Betty Crocker Cookbook! I had my baby sister CONVINCED that it was made from REAL Porcupines and that she had to eat them VERY carefully.

We laugh about it to this day, 50+ years later! :)

[mylife]

$4 meatball sangwiches with mozerrela at the VFW tonight

[CottonBall]

Oh yeah, I love those porcupine balls! I think I had a recipe that used tomato soup. How did you make yours?

[Aliska]

My mom used to make them in her pressure cooker a long time ago. I never was too fond of them. Your version might be good but I'm hungry for some cabbage rolls.

I got some frozen meatballs and am going to buy a jar of Italian marinara, not too spicy I hope, and make meatball sandwiches in French Bread. Subway has them, and I love their bread and sauce, but they use ground turkey or some substitute which is not as good as some beef ones I've had.

[Yaelle]

Recipe please. A lot of people here would get a kick out of porcupine balls!