# Frozen meatballs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 1, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469 "2016-08-01T15:15:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469/41 "2016-08-02T14:44:22Z")

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That’s hilarious and will tell this to my parents for the next time they are asked.

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**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469/42 "2016-08-02T14:55:46Z")

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> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#):
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> As an owner of multiple danes in my life, I was attempting to be funny by quoting the things that are said to dane owners over and over and over again.
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> It apparently failed 😛

You forgot to shout “Marmaduke!!”.

I miss my Dane - she was a lovely dog, despite her rough start in life.

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469/43 "2016-08-02T15:35:02Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> Your powers of comprehension are amazing.

Thanks! 😉

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> I never wear shoes in the house. Which is why you can eat off my floors.

‘Can’ and ‘should’ are different concepts.

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**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469/44 "2016-08-02T15:56:37Z")

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I will give you an entire truckload of meatballs for that gorgeous baby! (yes, I know, you would NEVER trade 🙂 , but it’s out there, just in case).

Both daddy and his mini-me are real beauties.

I agree that Costco’s Kirkland brand meatballs are not bad. When my sons still lived at home, they liked to make meatball sammichs out of French bread, marinara sauce, and frozen meatballs. I’d keep a bag in the freezer for them and occasionally would pop 2 or 3 in a plate of pasta and sauce myself. I’ve never met a pre-made meatball that had the proper texture, though, even if the taste is there.

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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469/45 "2016-08-03T00:13:51Z")

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Aldi has some that are okay. Nothing at all like homemade but if I can make a cream sauce and let it cook on low in the slow cooker, then toss with egg noodles if I’m not in the mood for home cooked. They are rubbery though.

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**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469/46 "2016-08-03T00:48:05Z")

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A lot of frozen meatballs have soy protein in them, which you might not want to feed to your stunningly beautiful dog. It’s probably the soy that screws up the texture and gives the cardboard flavor.

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