First meatball festival set to roll into Hastings, showcasing the Hawke’s Bay delicacy in all its golden glory
The Hawke’s Bay meatball is said to have started at Hastings Lilac Bakery on Heretaunga St in the 1970s, where they were made from veal, unsalted butter, and chicken stock and sold for eight cents a piece. Fifty years on, pull into most bakeries in the …