I love MEatballs and spaghetti. It is an American meal that has pasta , sauce and meatballs.
It is American?  That is interesting!  I thought it was a traditional Italian dish!  
Italinan writers make fun of the dish as being non Italian . in italy meatballs are served only with egg based baked pasta or and are a lot smaller in size.
Wow!  That is crazy!  I can't believe I thought it was Italian!  Is pizza a real Italian dish?
There are various types of pasta that include meat and are considered part of the tradition of Abruzzo, Sicily, Apulia and other areas of Italy.
What are some of the different types of pasta that are considered tradition and authentic?
like pasta served with small meatballs (polpettine). It is traditional made-in-Abruzzo recipe. It is a generally a first course (primo piatto) prepared with chitarra pasta cut with a traditional tool called “chitarra” or guitar-like strings tool. They are seasoned with meat or vegetable ragù and served with pallottine (little balls, which are actually meatballs).
Other dishes that have similarities to spaghetti and meatballs include "pasta seduta" 'seated pasta' and "maccaroni azzese" in Apulia.
Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non-