Christmas EVE Bowling & Chowder Bash

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Swedish Meatballs & Bacon Wrapped Chesnuts

I am posting the recipes to these Jarvis Family Traditional Christmas dishes so all can enjoy!

Swedish Meatballs One batch makes about 20 small meatballs.

Meatballs
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 C Bread Crumbs (I used rice krispies that I ground up with a rolling pin)
1 egg
1/4 C Fresh Finely Chopped Onion
Salt and Pepper to taste

Sauce
1 (16 oz.) Jar Grape Jelly
1 (12 oz.) Jar "Homemade" brand Chili Sauce (in the ketchup section)

Form into balls. (I used about a 1.5" cookie scoop.) Place on broiler pan and bake at 400 degrees in oven for 40 mins or till nice and browned. (I took mine out at about 35 mins or so because I was going to be keeping them warm in a crock pot for a while and didn't want them too dried out.)

When the meatballs are 10 mins. from being done, combined Jelly and Chili sauce in a large low side pan on medium high. Once it starts to bubble turn down to low and wait till meat balls are finished. Add meatballs into sauce and coat. Simmer with lid for 20 min.

Or for a crock pot, I added the Jelly and the Chili sauce in the crock pot once I put the meatballs in the oven and set the crock pot on High. Once the meatballs where cooked I put them in the crock pot and let them warm on high for 2 hrs and then turned it down to low.

Serve
I serve this over rice for a main dinner dish.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

Main
1lb. Uncooked Bacon cut in half
2 Cans Whole Water Chestnuts
30-40 Toothpicks

Sauce
1 C Ketchup
1 T Soy Sauce
1/4 C Brown Sugar


Wrap chestnuts with half length strips of bacon and secure with a toothpick. Place on broiler pan and bake at 400 degrees for 40 and nice a crispy. Move to an oven safe casserole dish or corning ware dish.

Combine sauce and pour over bacon wrapped chestnuts fold if necessary to coat. Bake at 400 or 325 (for glass dish) until sauce is bubbling and caramelized (about 30 min.)

Serve

Letters from Dad and Mom

Hey Fam, So I decided to stop posting all the letters from Dad and Mom that I send to you in emails. It took too much time to email them out and then post them. It's December and so things are a little busy. I figured you all get the letter in an email so you don't need to read it on the blog too. I hope that is ok.

Reading in Ether

Not that anybody really cares to hear from me but I figured this is as good a spot as any to post something I thought of while reading the scriptures tonight. I was reading in Ether 6 when the Jaredites arrive on the promised land. They began to live and decided that they needed to form a sort of government with which to rule their people. Sadly, they chose to have a king. This was advised against by Jared and his brother yet they continued with their choice. While their choice of king was a righteous man, this decision ultimately led to their downfall. A few things I learned here, these people gave up some of their rights when they elected to have a king. Generally it's not a good idea to give away your rights.

More importantly I learned, that our votes, however they manifest themselves, in life really matter and that we are accountable for who/what we vote for or if we fail to vote. Not necessarily voting, that may be a bad term, more along the lines of making our wills known. If we fail to do so I think we are held accountable for the difference we could make. We read often about the will of the people choosing good or evil, I think that is the essence of it. Do we choose good or evil, this is not in any reference to a political party or candidate but more that we have our duty to make our voices heard and let our will be known. I am grateful that we have the opportunity in this country to do so. I am grateful for our liberties and freedoms. We are remiss if we do not do everything we can to shape a better life and country with these blessings.