So I'm standing there waiting for a pint of whelks and cockles. I hear footsteps coming up behind me and the bloke serving me says "oh hello Paul!"

Not really paying attention as I was semi day dreaming, but a convo was had about a friend working at ikea, something something frozen meatballs, something something best cut of beef, do you want one?

The jellied eel seller says 'how much?' Paul says 'for free'. He turns to me and says 'what about you mate do you want one as well?' I'm thinking wtf do I do with that, if I stick it in the oven at 180 I'm never gonna get the fat off the floor once the waterfall starts. He said he had 12 that he didn't know what to do with so i was doing good ol Paul a favour.

I took it, and i do feel grateful for this quirk of fate, but now I have a 3 stone Ikea MEATeor taking up room in my freezer. Any ideas for what I should do with this bad boy?

TL;DR: got given a hench ikea meatball for nothing whilst buying shell fish.

by vodosolly100

17 comments

  3. I’d leave it in its bag, and simmer it for a fortnight or two.

  5. Ostrich egg and a half-tonne of breadcrumbs and you’ve got a decent Scotch egg going on.

  6. This is what this sub is for! If it’s not, what is it?

  8. You are one brave soul if you are going to eat the mystery giant meat sphere handed to you by a stranger for free in a market. No date marking on it I’m guessing. no way of knowing how it’s been stored. could of been on the parcel shelf of his car for the last week basking in the warm sun. Having said that I want to see the results of you cooking and tasting that bad boy.

  9. You’re not actually going to eat the giant chunk of mystery meat, are you?

    i guess we know who is patient zero for the next plague.

    This is what you get for patronizing Sweeney Todd’s ‘whelk’ stand.

  10. You do know you dont actually have to cook it whole? Just defrost it, break it up….bingo= meat. Promise i wont tell the meatball police

  11. ROUND MEAL

    MACARONI & BEEF(Serves 3 **men**)

    How to do it:

    * Boil in bag

    * Open and enjoy

  13. I can promise you the meatballs are 100% legit, I’ve got 5 more here but 80 more frozen. I thought about casting a short live action film, re doing “Cloudy with a chance of meatballs” the only problem I could see from a production point was;  one of these premium British cut beef balls might actually kill someone..

    Send us a message if you’re in London and wanna try one of my balls.

  14. Keep it in the bag, thoroughly defrost it, cook it sous vide and finish it in the oven. I reckon that’ll taste amazing.

  15. OP you gotta update us on what happens when you try to cook this.

  16. This looks like a DIY kebab situation. Cook the outside and slice it off as required

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