# Why did my recipe fail? (Meatballs)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-recipe-fail-meatballs/640206 "2012-11-07T12:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-recipe-fail-meatballs/640206/21 "2012-11-08T00:46:39Z")

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Also, I love albondigas as well, but haven’t had any that had chorizo in it. It’s usually just meatball soup 🙂 And I sure don’t put any in when I make it, though now the idea is beginning to intrigue me, hrm…  
I can’t make meatloaf for crap, it always tastes great and then falls apart.  
Albondigas is easier 'cause the rice holds it together just fine.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-recipe-fail-meatballs/640206/22 "2012-11-08T06:46:22Z")

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> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#):
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> It sounds WONDERFUL. What did you serve with it?

Well, I _was_ going to serve them in a spicy adabo sauce. But since they wouldn’t hold together we just wound up picking at it right off the cookie sheet.  
Thanks guys. So I guess it’s all in the bread crumbs. I was using the store bought ones that basically have the consistency of sand.

Next time I’ll try precooking the chorizo and use a heartier bread crumb.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-recipe-fail-meatballs/640206/23 "2012-11-08T07:15:45Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> Canned diced (red) tomatoes and green chili peppers. It used to be the only brand (Ro-tel is a brand name) that did this, but now there are several, including “generic” store brands. In many places, it’s earned the name of honor to describe the thing, not the brand, like Kleenex for facial tissue and Xerox for xerographic copiers.
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> ETA: “Ro-tel Dip” is an awesome artery clogging dip, consisting of a can of Ro-Tel tomatoes and green chilis, with their juice, mixed with a pound of melted American pasteurized process cheese, best known by the brand name “Velveeta”. People turn their noses up at the thought of eating “fake cheese”, but this dip is the first to go at every party I make it for. Serve with tortilla chips. Or, for a rare treat, as dinner over cooked elbow macaroni.

I’ve never tried Ro-Tel dip over cooked macaroni, though it sounds good. However, it’s been my experience also that this will be the first to go. Even cardiologists will eat it. They’ll tell you that they are really sacrificing themselves for the good of the other guests, but it’s really because the dip is so yummy.

It’s also very, very easy to make. We always served it with ridged potato chips or even crackers, because we mostly ate it back before tortilla chips became readily available.

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