"These were good. I think they would be better with either plain bread crumbs, or leave out the Italian seasoning. Perfect with a jar of spaghetti sauce."
A small portion of ground meat that has been seasoned and rolled into a round ball-like shape. Meatballs were most likely created as a way to use up excess meat, taking scraps of meat, grinding them into small bits and possibly adding some fillers to help hold the mixture together.