Sometimes you come up with some weird stuff while helping in the support sections…
Looks delicious! 
Modron,
I have never used a meatball before, so I tried using them to see how they work. I must say they are quite fun. I can see them as an quick way to make a base mesh to convert to dyotopo.
What does the circle around the meatball do?
@Ryeath: I’m not sure. I was explaining to a guy in one of the support sections how to distribute objects around a surface with random size and rotation, and I decided to add some textures. Photox beat me to the draw though, and posted a monkey head covered with chrome spikes, using a similar method.