{"id":4977,"date":"2021-06-14T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/meatball\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:04:20","slug":"meatball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/meatball\/","title":{"rendered":"meatball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The <strong>word<\/strong> Greek <em>pontoon<\/em> can be translated as <strong>\"Pontic\"<\/strong> and refers to the <strong>pontic nut<\/strong> or <strong>hazelnut<\/strong>.  This term came to classical Arabic as <em>bunduqah<\/em>, which derived in Hispanic Arabic <em>alb\u00fanduqa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/albondiga.jpg\" alt=\"Meatball\" width=\"369\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68396\" align=\"right\"\/>So we come to <strong>meatball<\/strong>, a concept that in our language refers to a <strong>food<\/strong>.  The meatballs are <strong>small balls<\/strong> that are usually prepared with <strong>mince<\/strong> mixed with spices, beaten egg and breadcrumbs.<\/p>\n<p>There are many types of meatballs.  They are usually made with <strong>beef<\/strong>, although there are also <strong>Chicken meatballs<\/strong> Y <strong>Fish meatballs<\/strong>.  Among the most common condiments are cumin, paprika, <strong>Garlic<\/strong> and parsley.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>recipes<\/strong>However, they vary by country.  Can be cooked <strong>fried<\/strong>, <strong>stewed<\/strong> or to <strong>oven<\/strong> and have a varied size.  There are those who prefer small meatballs, which can be eaten in one bite, and others who opt for much larger meatballs that must be cut.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that meatballs do not always have <strong>meat<\/strong>.  It is possible to use <strong>seitan<\/strong> or process different legumes (<strong>garbanzo beans<\/strong>, <strong>lentils<\/strong>, etc.) to make these spheres that are accompanied with rice, noodles or potatoes, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Meatballs can even be eaten on sandwiches.  The <strong>meatball sandwich<\/strong>, also know as <strong>meatball sandwich<\/strong>, <strong>meatball sandwich<\/strong> or <strong>meatloaf<\/strong>, consists of meatballs with tomato sauce between two loaves.  On some occasions, <strong>cheese<\/strong> and other ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it should be noted that <strong>Royal Spanish Academy<\/strong> (<strong>RAE<\/strong>) recognizes as valid the form <strong>alm\u00f3ndiga<\/strong>.  However, its use is not too frequent and is considered vulgar.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-center kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4977&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;meatball&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this post<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word Greek pontoon can be translated as \"Pontic\" and refers to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-definition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}