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On Bobby's meatball maker thread, it appears that everyone has difficulties in using the meatball maker for its intended use.

To me, the meatball maker is a very useful tool for making completely spherical and uniformly sized meatballs; in addition, it makes it easy to have fillings inside the meatballs.

I have used it many times with very good results.

Let me share with you a technique which I developed that works for me, regardless of meatball recipes.*

All you need is a tube that is bigger than the holes on the maker and a strong rubber band.

* First, fill the maker's halves with your meatball mixture, insert filling if that's your recipe.

* Close the maker and scrape off any excess which is squeezed out.
* Tie the maker's handles together with the rubber band.

* Now cook the meatball maker in boiling water.

* Once the meatball is cooked, or semi-cooked, depending on your recipe, use the tube and blow the meatball out through the two holes of the maker. The meatball should come right out. You don't even need to oil the maker.

To make things go faster, you may want to get more than one maker. They are cheap.

I love solving problems.

Here is a recent dish. Each ground turkey meatball has a different cheese filling.

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