Porcupine Meat Balls (Handwritten)

Ingredients

• 1.454 gram minced beef
• 2.1 teaspoon salt
• 3.black pepper, a pinch
• 4.0.5 cup raw rice, uncooked; mixed into meatball — swells during cooking
• 5.0.5 cup onion, grated
• 6.330 ml condensed tomato soup, undiluted
• 7.250 ml hot water, for simmering

Method

1. 1.Mix the beef, rice, salt, pepper and onion. Form into small balls.
2. 2.Simmer in the condensed tomato soup and hot water for about one hour. Add a little extra water or soup if necessary.

Notes

• A favourite with the children — noted as such in the original.
• Handwritten variant. A typewritten version also appears in the collection (see porcupine-meat-balls from Scan 1). The typewritten version uses condensed tomato soup differently.
• The raw rice in the meatballs swells during simmering, causing the balls to look like porcupine quills — hence the name.
• Serves about 6 people (stated in original).