Thursday, 18 January 2018 13:17 Written by John Reardon

Hello my Foodie Friends. This winter is certainly giving us a season of snow and arctic cold. As I glance out into the white wonderland, I reflect on some of my fondest childhood memories playing in the snow. I grew up during a time when the average was at least four children per household and you were literally thrown outdoors to play and told not to come back home until the street lights came on. Playing in the snow included making homemade sleds to slide down the golf course hills, making snowmen, and of course, building the best snow fort in the neighborhood.  In our house we divided up the tasks to ensure that our Fort could withstand repeated attacks of snowball wielding elementary school kids. Our first winter there, Danny, 5, was the engineer and he mapped out how high and thick the walls should be.  Billy, 4, was the builder and shaped the inside of the fort for the chairs, refrigerator and snow TV. Patty was 3 so the first year she was support staff.  John, 6, was the recruiter and went door to door finding my soldiers and builders.  We were not allowed to use the phone back then (adults only) so when I came to the door and knocked you could hear a stampede of children in the house trying to get to the door. To get them to work on the fort I would tell them that my mom was making Meatball sandwiches!  My mom’s meatballs were the envy of the neighborhood and far exceeded the bologna and spam the other kids were getting. My first stops were Dave and Karl’s houses and they lived next door to each other.  They were my age but already almost as tall as most of our fathers. Dave turned out to be 6’8” and Karl is 6’6”. If you want your walls to be the highest, I thought, get the tallest kids.  My mom would grimace when she saw them coming as she knew she would need a lot more meatballs. Our first forts were wrecked at night by teenagers until my brother Dan came up with the idea to put water on the outside walls and it would turn them to ice.  You could hear the howls of the mean teenagers when they kicked the walls and they didn’t
give so easily.   

Although I cannot share with you my mom’s meatball secret recipe that only my sisters and Paula have, I will share with you a special person from our areas recipe – Rachael Ray. 

Meatballs

At Compliments to the Chef, located at 33 Railroad Place, we carry skillets to make your meatballs in, saucepans to make your sauce, baking sheets to pop your meatball hoagies into the oven with, and other really “Cool Tools for Cooks.” Meatball Hoagies are a great way to deal with these frosty winter days.The neighborhood kids will love you!! Remember my Foodie Friends; “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”

              Take Care, 
                 John and Paula

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