How to Make Angry Meatballs

So you are fed up with Donald Trump news (cringe) and Russian collusion (cringe). You are both are Hangry and angry but more Hangry. You need to treat yourself with homemade comfort food which is easy to make and takes only 30 mins to cook. And no, you don’t need to be Julia Child.
Please, undress. I like to cook seminude — it’s liberating. Pour yourself a glass of Vino you like. Preferably red. It can be a local wine, California Menage a Trois, which is a blend of Zinfandel, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Turn up the volume. I get in the mood with the help of Christian Scott, Diana Krall, Esperanza Spalding, Santana…
“What the budding artist needs is the privilege of wrestling with his own problems in solitude — and now and then a piece of red meat.”
Place the contents of ground beef into a big bowl. Add a little bit of olive oil, squeeze lemon juice, add salt, pepper, cumin, and a pour out a little bit of Vino from your glass into the bowl. Yes. Chop chop fresh parsley and scallion and throw it into the bowl. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Now stretch your hands and fingers and prepare your hands to do the magic. Of course for your convenience, you can use a large fork not to get your hands dirty. But I’d use bare hands to mix all the ingredients. It’s a good way — to take out your frustration by placing your bare hands into the rare meat and imagining your boss, your ex, your client.
Make nice medium size balls — hmm, just like that. Place ’em on a foil/baking sheet, sprayed with olive oil. Bake them in the oven for about 20–25 minutes until they turn golden but not brown. Don’t leave your meatballs in the oven — you want ’em nice and juicy. Dig in! Share your meatballs with your significant other or a friend or devour ’em by yourself. As one of my favorite writers Henry Miller wrote in his novel Big Sur: “What the budding artist needs is the privilege of wrestling with his own problems in solitude — and now and then a piece of red meat.”

