(STYLING/DEBRA SAMUELS; JOANNE RATHE/GLOBE STAFF)
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Immigrants came to this country from Italy with their traditional polpetta (meatballs). But once in America, where beef was readily available, their light-as-air meatballs morphed into dense, dry rocks made with less bread and more beef than before. They had a good reason for the transformation. Bread was food of the poor; meat a sign of wealth. The problem didn't ... (Full article: 268 words)
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