Lefse 6 sixth night

Okay, ever wonder what 25 pounds of meatballs looks like?    It's enough meatball mix that I have to use the 5 gallon bucket.    This is not my own meatball recipe.  I buy a ground meat mix from Ingebretsen's deli in Minneapolis.  It's a lot easier than grinding the meat myself.  What we do is roll the 25 pounds into small meatballs and brown them.  Note Jathan's meticulous work.    As Jathan was browing them Kyle  and I were stacking them in trays like this .  After several hours of rolling and browning meatballs we're left this this in my kitchen.    

In addition to the meatballs we were also prepping other food for the party.  We brought the chocolate fountain up from the basement for the first time in a couple of years.  We haven't used it recently because it's a lot of work to clean, and leaves a big mess, but we thought that it was necessary this year to bring it back out.  Anyway, Jenny the Vegetarian wasn't enthused about rolling meatballs, so we put her to work dicing pound cake for the fountain.     Finally, the entire crew collected for the Aquavit toast to end the evening.