Weenies and balls...

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 11:39 AM

I need to make something easy for a carry-in for Friday. I don't have time to cook my head off, and I want something I can throw in the crock-pot, so I thought about making those cocktail weenies and meatballs that go in some kind of sauce made with grape jelly.

There must be a million recipes for it online. I have no interest in making my own meatballs, even.

Had anyone made this? Can you help me out?

Thanks!

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 11:53 AM

Here are two completely different takes on the sauce:

Grape Jelly with Chili Sauce Meatballs or Cocktail Weiners (appetizer)

One 12 oz. bottle of chili sauce and 12 oz. grape jelly (or half a bottle of 32 oz. jar);
double this recipe depending on the amount of meatballs or hot dogs or smokies.

Mix and place all in Crockpot. Tastes great.

____________________________________

BBQ Sauce for Cocktail Weiners or Meatballs

2 c. BBQ sauce
1/2 c ketchup
3 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
1 TBSP brown sugar
1/2 c. grape jelly
1/2 c. water
3# cocktail weiners or meatballs.

Mix and place all in Crockpot. tastes great.

___________________________________

Well, apparently they both taste great.

The second one sounds better, but never having made this I don't know.

Clodfobble · 10-13-2009, 11:54 AM

This one's my favorite. (Scroll down a bit to get to the sauce part.) It's earned rave reviews from lots of people that I've fed it to.

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 11:57 AM

Interesting, Clod. Sweet potatoes...that I had never heard of!

Thanks!

Pie · 10-13-2009, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

2 c. BBQ sauce
1/2 c ketchup
1/2 c. grape jelly
...
1 TBSP brown sugar

Cracks me up that after all that sweet stuff, they still think it needs that little extra sugar!

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 12:36 PM

Good point! What the heck is a comparatively tiny bit of brown sugar going to do to the consistency or taste?

Spexxvet · 10-13-2009, 12:39 PM

How do you get 1 TBSP of this?

monster · 10-13-2009, 09:18 PM

OMFG. You really eat this?

Clodfobble · 10-14-2009, 12:53 PM

Like many fine cuisine items, you have to try not to think about the ingredients while you judge the taste objectively.

Cloud · 10-14-2009, 02:46 PM

meat+fruit=NO!

dar512 · 10-14-2009, 03:24 PM

Many BBQ sauce recipes call for pineapple or orange juice.

And then there's:
Hawaiian Pizza
Pineapple on baked ham
Pork loin with red currant sauce
Chicken Wellington
Ham steaks with raisins
Sweet and sour chicken etc.
Lemon juice on fish
Duck with cherry sauce
etc.

Cloud · 10-14-2009, 03:27 PM

prob'ly why I'm not a big fan of BBQ sauce. And don't tell me it's a vegie--I know!

The only fruit I like on meat is ketchup, and maybe a bit of cranberry sauce on turkey at Thanksgiving.

monster · 10-15-2009, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Like many fine cuisine items, you have to try not to think about the ingredients while you judge the taste objectively.

I think I may have to make this next time we have Brits over....

Sundae · 10-15-2009, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I think I may have to make this next time we have Brits over....

Not sure on your drift here (aka, how American you've become

) We always judge on taste not on ingredients!

You're of my generation - and possibly close to my economic class - hard to tell; the upper middle classes force their children into lifestyles similar to the aspiring working classes - just with more private lessons.

We grew up on heart, rabbit, general offal. We loved suet puddings, steak & kidney pie and liver, bacon & onion. Okay - I didn't really love liver, but cooked in that way it was edible - liver for school dinners was [unmentionable]. Just this week I was trying to persuade Mum to make a steak pudding. She compromised... and offered me Toad in the Hole! WHAT?*! We talked and came to an agreement - sausage, mash & beans. Tonight in fact.

Gastro/ high-end pubs and trendy restaurants here are really pushing offal as main courses now. I have no issue with this. If you're from my neck of the woods you grew up with it, and if your parents earned £50K more then my 'rents you probably did too.

Sorry - I seem to bring class into a lot of my posts. But then I post muchly about my childhood, and it was a very clear and sincere issue then. Not suggesting Monster's post had anything to do with class or was anything other than a random comment. Was just thinking about it today due to the Toad in the Hole conversation.

monster · 10-15-2009, 10:23 AM

whoa! have you been smoking crack again?

austere upper-middle class upbringing for me -no offal. (no private lessons either -my family were the poorer relatived of upper middle class

)

re making it for Brits: cocktail wieners in grape jelly? Does that sound even remotely like something you ate as a child? If so, you should have called NSPCC -not for the meat quality -which I think may be where your tangent came from -but the combination..... it's definitely in the maple syrup on bacon category.

10-13-2009, 11:39 AM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Weenies and balls... I need to make something easy for a carry-in for Friday. I don't have time to cook my head off, and I want something I can throw in the crock-pot, so I thought about making those cocktail weenies and meatballs that go in some kind of sauce made with grape jelly. There must be a million recipes for it online. I have no interest in making my own meatballs, even. Had anyone made this? Can you help me out? Thanks! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 11:53 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Here are two completely different takes on the sauce: Grape Jelly with Chili Sauce Meatballs or Cocktail Weiners (appetizer) One 12 oz. bottle of chili sauce and 12 oz. grape jelly (or half a bottle of 32 oz. jar); double this recipe depending on the amount of meatballs or hot dogs or smokies. Mix and place all in Crockpot. Tastes great. ____________________________________ BBQ Sauce for Cocktail Weiners or Meatballs 2 c. BBQ sauce 1/2 c ketchup 3 TBSP Worcestershire sauce 1 TBSP brown sugar 1/2 c. grape jelly 1/2 c. water 3# cocktail weiners or meatballs. Mix and place all in Crockpot. tastes great. ___________________________________ Well, apparently they both taste great. The second one sounds better, but never having made this I don't know. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 11:54 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	This one's my favorite. (Scroll down a bit to get to the sauce part.) It's earned rave reviews from lots of people that I've fed it to. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-13-2009, 11:57 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Interesting, Clod. Sweet potatoes...that I had never heard of! Thanks! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 12:36 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Good point! What the heck is a comparatively tiny bit of brown sugar going to do to the consistency or taste? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 12:39 PM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	How do you get 1 TBSP of this? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-13-2009, 09:18 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OMFG. You really eat this? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-14-2009, 12:53 PM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Like many fine cuisine items, you have to try not to think about the ingredients while you judge the taste objectively. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-14-2009, 02:46 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	meat+fruit=NO! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-14-2009, 03:24 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Many BBQ sauce recipes call for pineapple or orange juice. And then there's: Hawaiian Pizza Pineapple on baked ham Pork loin with red currant sauce Chicken Wellington Ham steaks with raisins Sweet and sour chicken etc. Lemon juice on fish Duck with cherry sauce etc. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-14-2009, 03:27 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	prob'ly why I'm not a big fan of BBQ sauce. And don't tell me it's a vegie--I know! The only fruit I like on meat is ketchup, and maybe a bit of cranberry sauce on turkey at Thanksgiving. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-15-2009, 10:23 AM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	whoa! have you been smoking crack again? austere upper-middle class upbringing for me -no offal. (no private lessons either -my family were the poorer relatived of upper middle class ) re making it for Brits: cocktail wieners in grape jelly? Does that sound even remotely like something you ate as a child? If so, you should have called NSPCC -not for the meat quality -which I think may be where your tangent came from -but the combination..... it's definitely in the maple syrup on bacon category. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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