Combine in bowl, mix well: 1 1/2 pounds ground beef; 2/3 cup bread crumbs; 1/3 cup minced onion; 1 egg; 1 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/4 cup milk.
Shape rounded tablespoons+/- of meat mixture into meatballs and cook until browned in 1 tablespoon shortening in large skillet. Remove meatballs, and keep warm. Pour fat from skillet.
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Mix together and then add to skillet: 2 Tablespoon cornstarch; 1/2 Cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup wine vinegar; 1 Tablespoon soy sauce and the juice of 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can pineapple tidbits.
Cook sauce over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
Add to the sauce in skillet: the meatballs, pineapple tidbits and 1/3 cup chopped green pepper; heat through.. serves 6
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*now, of course, nothing ever goes same exact recipe for me...added a little more juice of apricot to the pineapple juice (bc I used more meat to begin with and didn't have anymore pineapple)
I served it over rice.