Christmas Meatballs

Ingredients

3 pounds lean hamburger
4 slices bread, crumbed
1 1/2 cup milk
salt and pepper
3 beaten eggs
dash thyme
dash allspice
dash garlic salt
2 T catsup

Instructions

Soak bread crumbs in milk. Pour through sieve and slightly press out excess liquid. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Should be a little moist. Make samll meatballs. Fry in a little shortening until done. Put in sauce and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, covered. Serve from chafing dish using toothpicks. Serves 15-20. Sauce 1 pkg dried onion soup mix 1 can beef consomme 1 lg. can pineapple chunks 2-3 T molasses 1 jar red marischino cherries, drained 1 jar green marischino cherries, drained juice 1 lemon Mix well. Looks very pretty. Tastes great.