How to Make a Smorgasbord with NY local cooking celebrity Lester Morris circa 1960s

Start by preparing a smorgas board with various items like chopped herring, cold slaw, pickled beets, potato salad, deviled eggs, pickled red cabbage, cheese, and dark Swedish bread.

For the sill salad, take one medium head of red cabbage and chop it, then add finely diced green peppers and celery with tops.

Juice half a lemon into the salad, using a fork to prevent squirting.

Add two heaping tablespoons of honey to the salad and mix thoroughly.

For the Swedish meatballs, blend 1 pound of ground beef with 1/4 pound of ground pork.

Add 2 eggs to the meat mixture and blend well.

Soak 2 pieces of bread in milk and add to the meat mixture.

Chop and add 1 onion to the mixture.

Season with pepper and 1 teaspoon of ginger, then blend everything together.

Form the mixture into meatballs, about the size of a hamburger patty.

Use a wire grill cage to hold the meatballs while cooking.

Grill the meatballs until they are well done and juicy in the center.

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