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QVC FOOD

elizabethl123 — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:36:01 GMT

THEY HAD 6 POUNDS OF MAMA MANCINIS MEAT BALLS 66 BUCKS HE GAVE THE RECIPE IT HAD ONIONS IN IT I GREW UP IN AN ITALIAN FAMIL WE NEVER NEVER ADDED ONIONS JILL AND DAVID JUST ATE AND ATE

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Kachina624 — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:42:58 GMT

I can't imagine meatloaf or meatballs without onions. They'd be very bland without.

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brandiwine — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:43:09 GMT

In my opinion, the food offered here is extremely over-priced. I can go to the best store in my area that has a fabulous meat and seafood counter and lots of speciality baked goodies and spend far less. Quality and service are excellent.

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DiAnne — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:50:48 GMT

I agree that the food is expensive but if you live in a rural area where there are not many choices I think it would be nice for a treat. I live in a region where wonderful fresh seafood abounds (PNW) but I occasionally order Lobstergram Maine lobsters. I tried a couple of sites mentioned on these boards that were less expensive but the lobster was not as good so I went back to Lobstergram. The last couple of times I ordered directly from the company.

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hoosieroriginal — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:52:47 GMT

$11 a pound for meatballs? Ridiculous!

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StephfromIdaho — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:56:54 GMT

Their meatball are tasteless and bland' but their meatloaf is the worse thing I've ever tasted. Corey's ribs are good.

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Pook — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:56:58 GMT

My grandparents were from Italy and my grandmother's meatballs also never had onions. She had ground pepperoni or even Genoa salami, red sauce and often veal and pork in hers. I still make mine like hers. She always said those who don't know how to make foods flavorable just use onions to try to cover up their lack of cooking skills instead of making a really tasty meatball!!. None of the Italian women in their community used onions either!

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luvmybeetle — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:14:33 GMT

I have ordered these meatballs a couple times and I don't know why. I agree they are tasteless and boring. But, I used them in my pasta bake instead of just frying beef. Because I use added sauce I didn't notice until I tried to eat them by themselves one time. I've not ordered again. I had an aunt that was married to an Italian and she learned from her mother-in-law. Her meatballs never included onion.

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:03:48 GMT

They were selling some farm raised salmon fillets today for an outrageous price!

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:15:44 GMT

I can understand something like lobster that isn't readily available, but meatballs ?! All you need is the ground meat f your choice and ingredients you probably already have. I don't put onions in my meatballs, but it certainly wouldn' ruin them.

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kelsey17 — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:31:47 GMT

I don't do onions in meatballs.....but def in meatloaf!

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Alexa6352 — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:53 GMT

I am Italian and I never put onions in my Meatballs and neither did my mother. I would put onions in my Sauce..and we never put onions in our Meatloaf either. My mother's family was from Calabria and my Fathers family was from Sicily....No onions..But loke someone said..it's probably not bad..

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Moonchilde — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:09:00 GMT

There are people who put garlic in everything, often to the point that's all you taste. I pretty much hate a "garlicky" taste. I don't like highly spiced meats and sausages - salami, pepperoni, kielbasa, etc. or a "peppery" taste to anything. I LOVE onions.

Never say never, but I've pretty much given up ordering edibles from QVC. I live in a rural, hick-y (non-gourmet) area, but even we have everything QVC sells via local fish & meat markets, Costco's offerings on just about any food product are hard to beat for both taste and value, and we have bakeries and places to buy cheesecake too. If I want to bake my own fresh croissants I get them at TJs. Leave them out overnight to rise, pop them in the oven and - fresh hot not-French butter, not French flour or milk croissants and not imported-from-France prices either.

But the main reason I don't plan to buy anything in future is that the close-ups onscreen, the appearance - which is what people base their buying decision on - is NOT the appearance, taste, texture, "bursting with", "stuffed", "fresh" food that I've received. Invariably, I've received half-stale, less-than-half-the-filling, not-the-mix-ratio-shown-on-TV food that was sooooo not worth the money. It might have been worth the money - probably would have been in most cases - but because the food received was NOT as represented on-air, it was not even "tasty" based on my non-urban local sources, let alone worth high prices because it's "special."

What's special I guess is that QVC buyers apparently still believe, after all this time, that what the company brings for demo is what ordering customers receive.

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DiAnne — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:27:59 GMT

@Moonchilde

Love those TJ almond croissants! I was there today and managed to walk by them - big accomplishment for me.

PS: Funny story - a friend of mine husband took the croissants out of the freezer for her but neglected to take them out of the package. Middle of the night the package exploded - further scary thing is he is a physician!

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Moonchilde — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:30:42 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
@Moonchilde

Love those TJ almond croissants! I was there today and managed to walk by them - big accomplishment for me.

@DiAnne, the almond ones are my favorite. When I was working, I'd leave them out overnight and bake them when I got up Saturday morning. With cold-brew coffee & milk - treat after an evil work week.

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Carmie — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:55:30 GMT

My family is Italian from Northern Italy and we always put onions in our meatballs. IMO My family, Me included, makes the best meatballs I have ever tasted.

I do not buy meatballs and would never order them in a restaurant or from a shopping channel Most homemade meatballs made by others are tasteless, And have the consistency of mush. I hate a soft mushy mouth feel. Gross!

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VaBelle35 — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 01:13:25 GMT

We are Sicilian (all 4 grandparents) and we don't put onions in our meatballs.

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coffee drinker — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:30:56 GMT

In CT, you can buy Mama Mancini's meatballs in the grocery stores and they are sold at a very reasonable price -- not $66.

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coffee drinker — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:36:07 GMT

I could never make meatloaf taste good. Then I decided to make it exactly the same way I make my meatballs. Best meatloaf ever and NO onions for this half Italian girl.

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Sueliz — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 05:45:14 GMT

@coffee drinker wrote:
In CT, you can buy Mama Mancini's meatballs in the grocery stores and they are sold at a very reasonable price -- not $66.

Same here @coffee drinker, I live across the LI Sound from you.