Very good & easy to make!

I used to make these when i first left home,nice nostalgic recipe. Someone asked how to get the rice to cook then add the water when it is boiling. I make this with lots of fresh basil in now for flavour.

I must have done something wrong because mine didn't stay together. It ended up being a very messy fricasse.

My mom made these and called them porcupine meatballs. She used instant rice and it worked fine. But she made hers just like you make meatloaf with onions, peppers, everything except the tomatoes. She then dropped the meatballs into hot home canned tomatoes and cooked until done. She served hers with mashed potatoes, green peas and biscuits. We got a lot of laughs when we told others we had porcupine meatballs. We waited a few to let them know it was beef, not porcupine meat. I am 52 and still make them to this day. She got the recipe off a drive-in movie screen.

My mom made a version of this and we called it stuffed cabbage. Using basically the same recipe, except first parboiling cabbage and stuffing the 'balls' into a leaf and folding it shut. Pour the soup over and either slow stove top cook it or bake. Yummy!

Easy enough. A nice change for lunch. My picky 11 year old ate it. I didn't want to eat it on more starch, so we ate it more like a soup.

Yummy. I cooked these for about two hours because I made them too big, and I also added garlic and chili powder and worcestshire sauce and cheddar cheese.

The basics for this recipe are ok but it is too bland. I added seasoning salt/pepper/basil/cayenne pepper/chili powder/onion powder. Also added touch of liquid smoke, angostura bitters and soya sauce. Meat came out very moist and the kids said it tasted like "more."

We weren't to crazy about this recipe. If I do this again, I'll add some onion and a sauce.

I followed other suggestions. Added some jar tomato sauce to the mix and seasoned the meat. The kids liked it.

I give this recipe a 3 because all in all it's a good basis to work with. The meatballs definately needed seasoning. I followed other reviews and added garlic salt, pepper, worschester and parsley. The tomato base was fine for a sauce my kids liked it as well.

Sorry - very bland - woould add some herbs and salt and pepper to the mix

This recipe, which we fondly remember being called Porcupines was much better when my mother made it. Her recipe was seasoned so very much better! Re: Hedgehogs, for fun see -http://www.cafepress.com/hhvalley

Not too bad!! I added minced onion, garlic powder, a liitle onion salt, a dash of worchestshire sauce and salt and pepper to my meat mixture. I also browned the meatballs first before adding to the soup. I served with mashed potatos and melted cheese on top. My boyfriend really liked them!! I liked them better the next day as leftovers. Will probably make again. Thanks!!

Very easy to make. My kids all loved it. We served with mashed potatoes and vegetarian baked beans.... delicious!

I added some spices to this recipe (the original seemed quite bland) and I browned the meatballs before adding them to the tomato base. Overall, we liked them , but this recipe is extremely heavy (even with served with steamed vegetables and salad). I doubt that I will make this as a main course again; however, I might make a smaller-sized version for an appetizer at dinner parties. I made a meatball sub for my husband's lunch with the leftovers, he liked that better than the original dish!

It was good. I like ground beef and sometimes run out of ideas for something new. This was a great alternative to meatloaf. I added slices of fresh cheddar cheese over the meat balls which added a little kick.

This is a good recipe. It reminded me of stuffed cabbage just withouth the bloating cabbage wrapped around the meatball. I also cooked the rice first and added more onion. I was worried it might be to soupy so I added a can of tomato sauce. It was delicious served over mashed potatoes. Thanks for the recipe!!!