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Stuffing: How Do You Make It?
November 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM by Cafe Kim - Comments (17)
I'm hosting Thanksgiving this year. It will be the first time I cook dinner with all the fixings for a big crowd. *Gulp.* I've got the turkey under control. But the one food that's stressing me out? The stuffing!
Help!
I know it's silly to get worked up over a Thanksgiving side dish. But stuffing is serious business! It's an item that I, personally, look forward to all year. Plus, I feel like the success of the stuffing is an important measure of the overall Thanksgiving dinner. Do I want to go down in history as having the worst stuffing (and, therefore, the worst Thanksgiving dinner) of all time?
*Deep breaths.*
I've been looking through my cookbooks for recipes, and I'm getting really overwhelmed by all the options: Should I cook it inside or outside the turkey? And which ingredients should I put in it? I've seen everything from sausage, cheese, and cornbread to butternut squash, chestnuts, and oysters(?).
Again. Help!
Every family makes it differently—got any recipes or tips to share?
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Comments:
We eat traditional bread stuffing (celery, onions, milk, bread) sounds boring - but it is sooooo yummy - we stuff the inside of the turkey with it. Then we make a "stuffing dujour" outside of the turkey (i.e. sausage or mushroom or cornbread, etc.) - that way everyone has something and it's really hard to screw up bread stuffing and not so hard to screw up our dujour stuffing! LOL
I dont make it because I hate it, lol! If DH BEGS me, I will.. and I just toss in some walnuts, chopped sage, and some bacon. I never cook it in the bird, but I will use juices from the bird on it and such.
Mmmmmm...sage! Bacon! Cornbread! These all sound great!
I have tried many different kinds of stuffing because I love to try new things but I can say that traditional always goes over best in my house. It is so easy to make and everyone loves it. I like LuminousMom's idea of putting walnuts and bacon in it though, that sounds very yummy!
bacon makes everything better, haha!!
i wish i could help! i've been married soon 4 years and up to this day we haven't hosted a single thanksgiving =-( this year i have no clue where we are going but i'll bet we are going to a friends house to eat some turkey on that day. with that said i prefer when our friends have cooked the stuffing outside rater than inside, just my opinion, it feels mushy when it is inside i'm more of a dried stuffing king of person lol.
peppridge farms stuffing bag, celery,onions,jimmy dean sage sausage, and little pieces of cut up apple.oh and some extra poultry seasoning to taste...mmmmm good stuff!
1 pan cornbread (crumbled)
2 cans of biscuits (baked & broken apart)
1 loaf bread white or wheat
chicken broth (or the broth that comes off of your turkey)
celery
onion
sage about 1 1/2 tsp
poultry seasoning
salt
pepper
I don't know the measurements I never measure it, just dont over do it on the sage. it just always turns out Deliscious! It is hands down the best stuffing on the planet.
Doing vegan pear & pecan stuffing this year....mmm!
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I make a classic stuffing.
White and Wheat bread, cubed.
Celery
Onions
Sage
Poultry Spice
Chicken Stock or Veggie Stock for my Vegans. <3
I also cook it both ways.
Some in the bird and some out. That way people can have it either way!
MorbidFraggle Nov. 6, 2009 at 12:28 PM