Schnitzel Meatballs with Parsley Potatoes

You know how a song you loved as a teenager is somehow always a favorite? I have a similar experience with food. Sixteen-year-old me was a member of the American Music Abroad Choir, a traveling group of singing nerds who performed in red-white-and-blue outfits in town halls across Europe in the summer of 1985. In all of the German-speaking countries we visited, our hosts wanted to serve us a traditional meal, so night after night, we dug into Weiner Schnitzel and french fries at dinner. Thi