This past weekend for a Superbowl party I made a crock full of Norwegian Meatballs, that were a big hit. (They were supposed to be Swedish meatballs but they turned out slightly different than what I intended. :-) The sauce turned out fantastic, but was a little too thin. I bought two large bags of frozen fully-cooked meatballs (making sure they weren't italian style meatballs) and microwaved them. The sauce was as follows: 3/4 stick butter 1 large yellow onion chopped fine 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup flour 6 cup beef stock 1/4 cup medium dry madeira 3 dashes worchestershire sauce 1 pint sour cream melt butter over medium heat, add onion and pepper, cook for about 15 minutes making sure the onion doesn't start browning. Add flour cook for another minute or so. Add remaining ingredients except for sour cream. Cook until sauce thickens. Use stick blender to puree sauce until onions are reduce heat, add sour cream, stir until well blended, pour into crock pot over meatballs. The sauce was really good, but a little thin. I think perhaps a little more flour and also perhaps some paprika for color and flavor.

Great picture Carol. I have a funny story about a mountain sheep probably on the exact same road you saw this one - I was driving around those bends so slowly and cautiously as I was afraid of hitting any of the wildlife that abounds there. I was so intent on the road in front of me that I didn't notice one of these guys on the cliff above. What a shock to see those huge horns in the passenger window as he lept from the cliff down into the road, literally right into the side of our rental car! Fortunately, he appeared unhurt, albeit a little dazed.

Nice moist shots of the mock orange are so refreshing gmom. Thanks!

Good one...Mushrooms are fun to find to, something about the way you can find in colonies, like a miniature village!