Will give that a shot, thank you!
That is helpful and makes sense on different instances, but I do have some concerns on the "best effort". I see posts across other instances and it says a disclaimer at the top that I may not be seeing all content. This is not a great experience if I have to always go to another instance to view ALL content and then, if I want to interact with said post... It is just not a great thing for Fediverse if that is the "acceptable response" from it. And I see you are trying to work around that with some uncertainty too (url normalizing). I laughed at the auto-refresh... bit, because I didn't mention that, but I am seeing that too. :)
I appreciate the the perspective, help and pointers.
One thing I do still want is that "surprise" of finding something on a hot/active topic that I may not be already following. Even on "the other site", I would flip back and forth between my Home and the top/popular to find new things to follow or get a quick chuckle.
Hi folks, for those looking for the recipe... And I know.... I don't brown the meatballs first :). But hey, to each their own.
Meatball Appetizer
I usually make my own spaghetti sauce (for another recipe share; maybe my baked spaghetti) and simmer these.
Ingredients
- 2 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cup freshly grated Romano cheese (if you do buy store bought, you can blend the shreds in the blender)
- 2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 ½ cups stale Italian bread, crumbled via blender ( 8 Italian white bread slices sitting out for 2 hours with crust removed)
- 1 ½ cups lukewarm water
- Existing spaghetti sauce simmering
- 3-4 oz of Mozzarella cheese, freshly shredded (for the topping)
Directions
- Make sure your spaghetti sauce is simmering as a prep item in a large enough pan for however many 2" servings you plan to make of meatballs.
- Combine beef, and pork in a large bowl. Add garlic, eggs, cheese, parsley, salt and pepper.
- Hand blend bread crumbs into meat mixture. Slowly add the water 1/2 cup at a time. The mixture should be very moist but still hold its shape if rolled into meatballs. (I usually use about 1 1/4 cups of water). Shape into meatballs.
- Drop balls into sauce and make sure the sauce is bubbling (in needed, bring to a bubble) and then turn down to simmer with cover.
- This should cook for at least 4 hours on simmer.
Serve with spaghetti or however you would like to serve them.
Oven/Broiling
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Take a small/medium cast iron skillet and add sauce on the bottom. Add meatballs and pour more sauce over each ball.
- Add Mozzarella over dish as desired
- Bake for about 10-15 min or until cheese is to desired browning
Great thoughts on all of it. I am definitely trying to keep and open mind, but also trying to find an experience that works. With that said, I do understand that it is growing too.
Part of my questioning is more about understanding "what is to be expected" as per design vs "what is a 'known bug'". So maybe I should have made that clearer from the start too.
Side note - I saw someone post a meme on here where they showed that Lemmy is the power of multiple instances bound together, but that felt "off" given the current experience. It feels more like they are interwoven, but the strands are a little loose still. My hope is that over time that changes and the data in each community, at the very least, is consistent.
I remain very hopeful for sure.