These were always a favorite of mine growing up in Winnipeg. As usual it contains lots of dry and canned foods. We used ground pork but you can use meat of your choice. Turkey works well and on the prairies we would have used what ever ground meat was available. The meat balls consist of 2 pounds of ground pork, 1/2 a cup of crushed saltine crackers. I used the unsalted kind. One egg, one medium onion cut very fine, Worcester sauce one table spoon, one tea spoon of garlic powder and a healthy measure of fresh ground pepper. Mix all this together in a big bowl. Use a table spoon sized scoops of meat and form into balls. Place them on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper cook in the oven at 375f till brown and cooked through. Our oven took 30 to 35 min. Set these aside. Do not use lean pork as you need the fat.
The sauce is as follows.
1/2 a cup brown sugar.
1/4 Cup Vinegar
1 Cup water
2/3 Cup ketchup
DOUBLE THIS
Add one 20oz can of drained pineapple chunks drained. Keep the juice for a healthy drink :-)
Bring sauce to a boil.
Mix a table spoon of corn starch to a 1/4 cup of warm water, mix this and add to sauce.
Once sauce has boiled and thickened add meat balls and bring to a boil.
Serve over long grain rice with a side of boiled green beans and your transported to Nicol Ave 1974 !
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