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The referenced article on sweden.se has no informationon the record-setting events. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.191.230.222 (talk) 09:01, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
There aren't a lot of references here no. It mmust be cleaned up, or we can throw this to the AFD. Also, why is Swedish meatballs specific typed? →AzaToth 08:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Stop removing the meatballs plate people!
..But I'm allergic! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.131.64.98 (talk) 00:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Friesland section in the list of countries is vandalism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.54.77.74 (talk) 03:49, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
I may be biased because I took the photo, but I think my image is more appropriate than the one that replaced it. If nothing else, mine had the meatballs more prominently featured. Since I'm not neutral here, I'll leave it for others to decide. —Chowbok 02:27, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Meatballs.jpg
If American Meatballs are generally larger than Italian metballs then I'd imagine American Meatballs would be the size of a volleyball. very misleading. i assume that they are american meatballs and the person in said picture is american. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matstars (talk • contribs) .
I see no difference between the description of Swedish and Finnish meatballs at all. Indeed we probably had meatballs while Finland was a part of Sweden... I find that section difficult to handle. It is kind of ridiculous to expect every country to have their own variant of meatballs. // habj 09:38, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Also, it says traditional Swedish meatballs are one half inch in diameter. That sounds really small, ive never seen them that small. I mean, they are bigger than grapes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.120.65.180 (talk) 20:57, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Swedes must have copied the meatballs. There is no reason to expect they were invented in Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.148.29.104 (talk) 15:58, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Y'wot?:) Could someone who knows what is trying to be said rephrase that obscene sentance at the very top of the page to make sense?
The US Italian-style dish of spaghetti with meatballs is in fact almost unheard-of in the UK. Spaghetti bolognese is the most common pasta/sauce combination and has been a popular home-cooked meal since the 1960s, after its introduction to the public in cafes run by Italian post-war immigrants. There was comparitively very little Italian immigration to the UK before this, so the conditions did not exist for the food to develop in the same way it did in the USA (as a result of large numbers of immigrants at the turn of the 20th c.). I've altered the statement piece in the article (viz. that it is a common US/US dish) as it is so very incorrect. Plutonium27 (talk) 00:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Please do not make generalised statements for an entire nation - as a born and bred British citizen myself, spaghetti and meatballs is one of my favourite dishes and was a popular option for school dinners. Either homemade or served from a can, this may not be as common in the UK as it is in the USA, but it is by no means 'unheard-of'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.101.136 (talk) 10:02, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
There seems to be multiple regional articles about basically the same thing. Should they all be merged into this one Meatball article? --NJR_ZA (talk) 09:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by APh (talk • contribs)
They are two different things, as a dane I grew up with frikadeller and they are not the same as meatballs. They are made two different ways and with very different ingredients. I can also tell you that the Swedish kodboller is also different than the two other ones. In regards to the picture it is exactly like looking at a big bowl of frikardeller. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanskeViking (talk • contribs) 21:36, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
I disagree with this proposal. Variations on the meatball and other, similar forms of food such as the Frikadeller are unique to different cultures, each deserves their own page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.101.136 (talk) 09:53, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Can anyone justify the statement that 'A popular brand of meatball, known as John Cowards' can be purchased in supermarkets. I've never heard of the brand. I'd have thought Brains Faggots were much more popular and certainly more notable. Antsnest (talk) 00:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Argeed. This silly statment, which sounds more like advertising, and was wrong (Faggots are normaly served in gravy, not tomato, and are nothing like "subway" meatballs) has been removed. Now, can we do something about the description of what they are made of.
I say now, don't go dragging sexuality in to this bro!--24.177.6.38 (talk) 01:16, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
"A popular brand of meatball, known as John Cowards, can be bought from local supermarkets, and are based on the "Subway sandwich" type meatball, in a tomato-based, meat-managed sauce." This is wrong. I romoved this, and someone felt they should revert is back. Unless you can provide some proffe that this is true please do not change back. The changes made were to give a little more depth to the artical. It was changed to " A faggot is traditionally made from pig heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes breadcrumbs." in line with the other descriptions.
Again "A popular brand of meatball, known as John Cowards, can be bought from local supermarkets, and are based on the "Subway sandwich" type meatball, in a tomato-based, meat-managed sauce." has been added. Please explain why. This is wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.183.204 (talk) 13:06, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
If you have infomation to show this is true please provide evidence —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.183.204 (talk) 13:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Please note "If you are undoing an edit that is not vandalism, explain the reason in the edit summary. Do not use the default message only." It is not acceptable to just say something is vandalisum because you don't want to explain an edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.183.204 (talk) 13:19, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
"Meatballs in America are traditionally extremly high in carbohydrates and low in protein due to process of taking the best from each country. "
I don't understand that line at all.
Hi! This article is absolutely messed up. Either it needs a far more broadly defined new header/title, representing ALL forms of minced meat dishes or it needs to be thoroughly cleaned up.
You can't explain that a meatball is a kind of small roundish chopped meat dish and then stray into the list things like german/austrian Frikadellen/Fleischlaiberl and greek Koefte that are not even close to SMALL or ball-shaped. (A Frikadelle is pretty much the original from which a burger patty derives its size and shape. Totally NOT the same as "Meatballs and spaghetti" and then there are the complicated and only vaguely definable differences to similar dishes like "Hacksteak" (lit. "Minced steak" which can be simply a slice of Meat Loaf or be a single small loaf coming close to some forms of Frikadelle/Boulette. The french use the related name "Beefsteak" for a kind of tartar in roughly the patty shape/size, greek bifteki is cooked again, but with the small distinction of often being filled with goat or sheeps' cheese not much different from a Hacksteak.) Finally... IF you make this into the collective description of all these roughly handsized or smaller dishes out of ground meat, then why are Frikandel (Speciaal) or Cevapcici not part of the list but exceptions? Just having a finger/sausage shape isn't enough of a difference if you have thrown in all sizes of ball, patty and filet shaped minced meat dishes into one and the same category. Even Koefte that ARE in the list are kind of cigar shaped... As i've said... it IS a mess.--5.146.47.110 (talk) 23:20, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
My family's usual "Sunday" meatballs (in the Italian-American way, though we're from Montreal) are a fair bit bigger (~3 inches dia.) than the comically small ones at Subway, Ikea and the like, and the ones the caterers do for our events now (aunties used to do it all) are the size of a softball.
Does the definition of a meatball necessarily include "small"? Are my family's meatballs not in fact meatballs? Should I start calling them meatglobes? 174.115.100.93 (talk) 19:07, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
Someone redirected this page to Stupid that’s weird Chronickidneydisease (talk) 22:10, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
In Slovenia, a "polpeta" is more like a hamburger patty. The dish with meatballs which is typically served in tomato sauce and with mashed potatoes, which is mentioned in the article, is referred to as "čufti" or "čufte."
In Brazil, meatballs are called almôndegas, derived from Italian influences -- unsigned