Stuffing or dressing? Cornbread or bread? No meat or sausage? Veggies? Nuts? Fruits?

[unsinkable]

So, how does it break down in your family?

 

Stuffing -- we call it stuffing but I don't stuff it in the turkey so a misnomer, LOL.

Dried Bread cubes

Sage sausage

Onions & celery, liquified in blender (family tradition!)

Bell's poultry seasoning

Chicken broth

 

 

(I'm salivating just thinking about it!)

[Freckles]

Dressing baked in a casserole dish

 

Cornbread

chicken broth

eggs

sage

salt

pepper

garlic powder

celery cooked down in butter (no onions because I despise onions!)

a tiny bit of white bread

turkey drippings

cream of chicken soup

butter

 

all mashed and stirred together until the consistency of thick cake batter

Baked until golden brown. Yummy!!

 

[Miss Peregrine]

Stuffing, though it's not stuffed. Dressing sound like salad dressing. Boxed. And I hate myself for it. This year I am trying the stuffing from Cookus Interruptus

 

http://cookusinterruptus.com/holly%27s-pilgrim-stuffing-4136-72.html

[LucyStoner]

Italian bread cubed

Butter

Italian sausage

Onions

Carrots

Garlic

Fresh stock

Whole cream

Egg

Parmesan cheese

Parsley (though I usually use carrot tops for this and no one is any the wiser)

 

Not a diet food. I call it stuffing because that's just what I do but I don't stuff the bird. When it is my turn to cook a turkey, I stuff the cavity with aromatics and bacon and cook the whole thing upside down until the last bit. Very juicy.

[Amira]

It's called stuffing even though I don't stuff anything, and I just use onions, bread cubes from homemade whole wheat bread, lots of butter, and whatever herbs I can find in the place I'm living that Thanksgiving.  I'm thinking epazote this year.

[Ellie]

So, how does it break down in your family?

 

Stuffing -- we call it stuffing but I don't stuff it in the turkey so a misnomer, LOL.

Dried Bread cubes

Sage sausage

Onions & celery, liquified in blender (family tradition!)

Bell's poultry seasoning

Chicken broth

 

 

(I'm salivating just thinking about it!)

 

I don't know whether I say stuffing or dressing, lol. I put some in the bird, and some in a casserole dish, so I guess we have both. :-)

 

I've done cornbread (with my own homemade cornbread) but we weren't excited about it. I'll go back to bread.

 

I've done it with sausage, but we just like the traditional onions, celery, sage, chicken broth, etc.

[AK_Mom4]

Definitely Dressing here because I don't like to add all that cooking time to the turkey - more work for me!

 

And ... to continue the heresy.... Stove Top Cornbread mix from the box.  Replace the butter with bacon grease and mix chopped up bacon and crab right after it comes out of the microwave.

 

 

(yes, I know how to make it from scratch of course, but everyone seems most fond of the spices and seasonings in the box mix.....)

 

[JudoMom]

Dressing:

Bread cubes

Rubbed Sage

Lots of big chunks of celery and onion, cooked in butter

Chicken Broth

*happy sigh*

[dbmamaz]

I grew up with stove top stuffing, straight from the box, as a side dish.  When my aunt made thanksgiving, she would put stuffing in the bird, which my mom hated, but i liked.  She didnt like that it absorbed the drippings, making it harder to make home made gravy.

 

I'm gluten free now, and I found this spicy corn bread whatever, which i bake in a casserole.  Its southwestern spicy, corn bread, eggs . . . Oh, and I cut the recipe way back, because its just my family  http://allrecipes.com/recipe/creole-cornbread-stuffing-2/detail.aspx

[Dandelion]

We call it stuffing too, even though we don't stuff it in the turkey either.

 

Stuffing is one of the things my mom always offers to bring over to our house for Thanksgiving.  I don't know exactly what she puts in there, but it's always yummy and it's one less thing I have to make - so I don't ask questions.  :p

[unsinkable]

I love reading all these!

 

You ladies rock!

[Loowit]

I grew up with my mom's homemade stuffing/dressing.  We called the stuff in the bird stuffing and cooked outside dressing, although we had both and it was the same thing just cooked different.

 

My always made her own bread both regular and corn bread and did a mix of them about half and half.  She always added in onions, celery, seasoning (salt, pepper, sage, etc.), and I am not sure what else.  I hate the taste of it, but the house doesn't smell right without it on Thanksgiving.  One year mom decided since she was the main person who liked it she wasn't going to make any, and didn't tell us ahead.  My brother was very upset.  We never knew he cared so much, so now mom always makes sure to make some.

[Tammi K]

Pennsylvania Dutch Bread Filling

 

(Which actually 'fills' nothing because we don't shove it in the turkey)

 

Onions and celery sauteed in a ton of butter

Homemade mash potatoes made extra 'loose'

cubes of fresh soft bread

s/p

Mixed together and baked along side the turkey

[Luckymama]

Two types of stuffing, both cooked in huge crockpots (we are stuffing fiends):

 

(1) "regular"

day old bread, cubed

chopped onion and celery

moistened with stock from the turkey giblets (brown all bits slightly along w coarsely chopped carrot and onion, add a cup(ish) of white wine, some salt and pepper and poultry seasoning and cover with chicken stock or broth, simmer for an hour)

 

(2) apple-walnut stuffing (an actual recipe that I'm too lazy to pull out of the box right behind me)

chopped celery and onion, sauteed in butter (yum) until tender but not brown

day old bread, cubed

cooking apples, finely chopped

walnuts, finely chopped

some parsley, again finely chopped

salt, pepper, poultry seasoning

and some other things

[Mrs Mungo]

Dressing

 

I use:

cornbread

Saltine crackers (it seems too dense with just cornbread)

onions

celery

rubbed sage

salt and pepper

chicken broth

lots of butter

eta: oh yeah, and one egg

[Ravin]

My mom always put minced giblets in the stuffing. We're just doing a breast this year, so it'll be dressing. I think I'll make it from scratch just because. Probably cornbread based with dried cranberries in it.

[ErinE]

No stuffing in the turkey.

 

Cornbread

Sage sausage

Onion

Celery

Butter (lots of butter)

Chicken Broth

Half and half

Eggs

 

ETA: bread stuffing wouldn't work for my Southern family.

[kitten18]

Stuffing / dressing - we use both words but we don't stuff it in the bird.

Dried bread cubes from fresh bread (GF now)

Sausage

Onions

Celery

Apples

Dried cranberries

Parsley

Sage

Rosemary

Thyme

Chicken broth

Butter

[shukriyya]

Dressing ::

 

day old homemade cornbread

giblets

lots of butter

onion

celery

fresh parsley

tarragon

sage

paprika

nutmeg

salt

stock

eggs

pecans

mushrooms

cranberries

 

 

[KungFuPanda]

Definitely Dressing here because I don't like to add all that cooking time to the turkey - more work for me!

 

And ... to continue the heresy.... Stove Top Cornbread mix from the box. Replace the butter with bacon grease and mix chopped up bacon and crab right after it comes out of the microwave.

 

 

(yes, I know how to make it from scratch of course, but everyone seems most fond of the spices and seasonings in the box mix.....)

I need to taste this before I die.

[zoobie]

Stuffing or dressing? Cornbread or bread? No meat or sausage? Veggies? Nuts? Fruits?

 

Dressing!

Both cornbread and bread (usually sourdough)

Meat? Depends on if vegetarian SIL is coming

Veggies? Celery and onions chopped very finely

Nuts? No, just weird family members

Fruits? Sometimes

[Mama Geek]

So, how does it break down in your family?

 

Stuffing -- we call it stuffing but I don't stuff it in the turkey so a misnomer, LOL.

Dried Bread cubes

Sage sausage

Onions & celery, liquified in blender (family tradition!)

Bell's poultry seasoning

Chicken broth

 

 

(I'm salivating just thinking about it!)

This without the sausage and we stuff the bird and put extra in a casserole dish.  That is how it was growing up and what I love.  Now that dh is celiac it is cornbread dressing which I don't like nearly as well.  Dh grew up on Stove Top (yuck).

[MyThreeSons]

When I do a turkey, I stuff it. I use Pepperidge Farms seasoned dried cubes, with onion and celery sauteed in butter, chicken or vegetable stock. No meat, eggs, soup, etc. There's always some left over that gets cooked in a baking dish.

 

My sister in law makes her famous dressing. I have no idea what all goes into it, but it ends up in a baking dish, and is served by cutting it into blocks. I've come to appreciate it over the years, although I don't go crazy over it like most of dh's family.

[KrissiK]

Dressing. ( I make it in a pan), bread, sautéed celery and onions and mushrooms, sage and thyme, chicken broth. I'm toying with the idea of sausage.

[gardenmom5]

home made bread cubes

spices

onions & celery

turkey broth

 

no meat, no corn

 

stuffed into the turkey.  (and mixed afterwards with any that didn't fit.  huge difference in the two.  I'd happily forsake the stuff that goes in the pan because it didn't fit.)

[gardenmom5]

This without the sausage and we stuff the bird and put extra in a casserole dish.  That is how it was growing up and what I love.  Now that dh is celiac it is cornbread dressing which I don't like nearly as well.  Dh grew up on Stove Top (yuck).

whole foods has a GF bread cubes at the holidays.  I tried it with dudeling.  seemed to work okay.

[Cindy in FL.]

Dressing, because Alton Brown won't let me have stuffing. ;) Usually bread; no nuts or fruit; onions and celery are ok.

[Wildcat]

Stuffing, because if it isn't "stuffed", then it's dressing ~~ salad dressing, window dressing, etc.  :lol:  Sorry-- I'm feeling punchy. 

 

Family 'recipe' (no measurements--- it's done by sight & smell):

Whole wheat bread chunks right from the loaf bag, not stale, but I do let it sit out while prepping the turkey

An egg or two

Two dollops of bacon grease (I'm not saying this is a low-cal recipe!)

Diced onion

Poultry seasoning

Sage

Salt

Pepper

 

Since this is a highlight of the meal and there is never enough, I was thinking of also making extra and try dressing~~~how would I do that? Do I need to alter my recipe at all? What about cooking time? I assume I should grease the pan?

 

Y'all have given me some good ideas to try!! :drool:

 

[Onceuponatime]

Stuffing which goes in the turkey:

 

Pepperidge farm seasoned bread cubes

butter

broth

onions

celery

 

I would love to put dried cranberries annd pecans in it but I've got diehard traditionalists here.

[Crimson Wife]

Stuffing, though we are doing a turkey roast rather than a whole bird because it's just us so it will be baked in a casserole dish. I'm using Glutino boxed gluten-free cornbread stuffing because last year's attempt at making GF stuffing from scratch didn't turn out so hot. I will be adding sausage, apple, craisins, celery, and carmelized onions to the boxed mix.

[Baseball mom]

Dressing --- which I don't fix.  Mil fixes it.  She has told me what to get in the past so she can fix it. 

 

Not sure if this is everything but it is what I can remember

celery

butter -- for cooking celery

sage

eggs

chicken broth

cornbread

white bread

 

And she adds in chicken

[nmoira]

Dressing, but I don't make it (thanksgiving is a group effort). Best dressing I ever made was sage-y with cornbread and chopped roasted chestnuts.

[Evergreen State Sue]

We call it stuffing.  I stuff some in the bird and have lots left over for baking in the oven too.  This year I'm thinking of not stuffing it in the turkey and putting it in a crockpot.  I did that once before and it turned out very moist.  You just put it in the crockpot for as long as the turkey is roasting as I recall. 

 

My stuffing recipe includes:

 

sauted diced onion and celery in butter

Franz seasoned stuffing mix (basically just the dried bread cubes)

salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, ground sage

turkey or chicken broth

cooked giblets and the cooked meat from the turkey neck chopped up

 

Yum!

[Amy in NH]

Stuffing here:

 

Seasoned bread cubes

onion

apple

butter & broth OR roasting pan liquids

[Heather in Neverland]

Cornbread dressing in a casserole dish

 

Homemade buttermilk cornbread

Chicken

Boiled egg

Chicken brith

Celery

Onion

Sage

Thyme

[Occasionally]

My great-grandmother's stuffing, which is very specific.

 

Fresh bread, no crust, torn not cut

Onions cooked down but not browned (I use butter, my mom and grandmom never did)

breakfast sausage (Habersett's preferred, but we can't get it anymore, so I'm "allowed" to use anything but Bob Evans)

A little broth or water if it needs to be moistened.

 

It isn't Thanksgiving without this stuffing.

[HelenNotOfTroy]

Stuffing, both in the bird and in a casserole.

No sausage

Pepperidge Farm in a bag

[lynn]

Stove top stuffing here...... :leaving:

[Debbi in Texas]

Dressing

 

cornbread

chicken broth from chicken that has been boiled in water and chicken bouillon

yellow onions

green onions

raw eggs

hard boiled eggs

sage

poultry seasoning

butter

cream of chicken soup

celery

[ThatHomeschoolDad]

celery cooked down in butter (no onions because I despise onions!)

 

 

I despise onions unless I cook them until well browned -- I'm never really sure that's what the foodies call caramelized, as I do it hot and fast instead of low and slow.  But I only learned to eat onions 5 years ago, so....yeah.

 

My stuffing is out of a box, though.   :blushing: