Greta Garbo's Swedish Meatballs

It is time to celebrate the Swedish Sphinx and her 120th birthday.

Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm Sweden on September 18,. 1905. She was brought to Hollywood by her mentor Mauritz Stiller and made her American debut in the M-G-M film The Temptress. The 1926 film Flesh and the Devil paired her for the first time with John Gilbert. They fell madly in love both on screen and off. They made four more films together including Love (1927), A Woman of Affairs (1928) and Queen Christina (1933). Garbo continued to enchant audiences and was heralded as one of the most beautiful women in the world. She hated publicity, but her longing for privacy only increased the interest from her fans. After the 1941 flop Two-Faced Woman she retired and never made another film. In spite of her early exit from the screen, she remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic stars in film history.

Recipe

This recipe is from "Milady's Style Parade and Recipe Book for 1935".

Ingredients

1 lb. round stead (finely ground)

2 tablespoons minced onion

1 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 cups milk

2 eggs (beaten slightly)

4 cups corn flakes

1 cup milk (for gravy)

Directions

Put meat in bowl and add onions, salt, pepper, milk and eggs. Roll corn flakes into crumbs. Add to meat mixture. Mix thoroughly and form into balls. Saute slowly in butter. Remove meat balls from pan. Add milk to the butter in which the meat has been cooked and pour it over the meat balls. Makes 12 small balls - four to five servings.

Special Guest

Tracy Mercer is an Emmy-nominated TV producer (Madam Secretary and Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman) and seasoned Feature Film executive and producer who has worked on films including 5 Flights Up, Invictus, Hulk, and Aeon Flux. She is a board member of the Los Angeles Conservancy and does the podcast My Favorite Shtty Movie.

Video

Final Product

The meatballs were delicious and we ate them up, but unfortunately we forgot to take a food photo. Please enjoy this one from the 2021 Oscar cook along when Annette made Garbo's meatballs.

The vast majority of Garbo's film career can be found on DVD and Turner Classic Movies.

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