Serves: 12
Total Calories: 571

Sauce:
2 large onions, chopped fine
3 pounds ground round steaks *
1 oil
6 (6-ounce) cans thick tomato paste
6 cans water
6 cloves garlic, chopped fine
6 pieces celery, chopped fine
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon leaf oregano
1 red and black pepper
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Meatballs for Spaghetti:
1 1/2 pounds ground round steaks (from above)
5 slices bread, crustless, moistened
2 cloves garlic, chopped fine
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon chili powder
4 eggs

Brown onions and meat in oil; add remaining ingredients. Cover and cook slowly 4 hours.

Note: If making meatballs, use half the meat in sauce and half in meatballs.

Meatballs for Spaghetti:
Put meat in bowl; add crumbled bread and other ingredients. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Roll into balls and chill. Fry in oil until brown; cool. Put in sauce and cook slowly for about an hour. Makes 24 meatballs.

Editor’s Extra: Meatballs may be baked in 375° oven for 15 minutes before adding to sauce.


Fun Fact: The Pascagoula River, also known as Singing River, makes a strange singing sound resembling a swarm of bees in flight. Scientists have said the sound could be made by fish, or sand scraping the hard bottom of the river, or natural gas escaping from a sand bed—but the cause has never been proven. Legend has it that the tribe of Pascagoula Indians, realizing they could not win a battle with the Biloxi tribe, walked singing into the river to their deaths . . . their voices can still be heard.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 12
Total Calories: 571
Calories from Fat: 225

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