Mmmmm that sounds good... Maybe I will bypass my standard oyster dressing and try that... On second thought - I’d really miss those oysters.... Maybe I’ll try it on the ‘next’ turkey... LOL<<<
I had my stuffing, just not in the turkey.
We always fixed an extra pan and it is just as good, for we boiled the neck, gizzards and liver and used that in the dressing.
Well that is, except the time that I cooked one, after a hard day at work and forgot to remove the paper package from the inside of the turkey.....
How was I to know that is where they were? Until mom asked if I had made the extra dressing with the neck, etc.
Now I never fail to check the insides, for they use the large turkeys for transporting dope and guns.
Yes, I washed the inside of the turkey, with running water, just did not stick my hand in and find out what I washed...LOL
Thanks for thinking of me at Thanksgiving, we always had extra for folks who did not have family.
One year it was boot camp Navy, I had 3 relatives in at the same time and picked up so many of them [4 or 5 car loads], that the guard even commented on how good business was that day....LOL.
Hey I was YOUNG, ok to look at, long brown hair and had a hot car, a 41 Ford, lowered, fender skirts and pipes that sang a sweet song.
>>>we boiled the neck, gizzards and liver and used that in the dressing.<<<
Well, I put water in the bottom of my roasting pan along with some diced onion and all the giblets, then that becomes the base for my gravy. (Which I particularly like on my dressing)
>>>forgot to remove the paper package from the inside of the turkey.....<<<
I couldn’t find the package one time - thought they had forgotten to include it - till I was taking the dressing out - It was jammed way back inside and I just didn’t see it. OK, I was in a hurry to get everything done and didn’t check too closely... LOL
>>>we always had extra for folks who did not have family.<<<
Amazing how things have changed over the years... So impersonal now... Used to be we would know that Miss Chisholm liked sweet potatoes and loved cranberry relish and that Oscar Blair really liked the boiled onions and turnips and that Jim Harrington preferred dark meat and lots of dressing and white potatoes but no sweet....
Nowdays, you check with the Church and they just say come out and we cook and deliver meals, or just contribute and we will take care of it - all the meals the same to needy. I even thought about the local Veterans home and they seemed insulted - WE prepare a Thanksgiving meal that meets all their dietary needs... So, there are still three that are in nursing homes who still look forward to my home cooked Thanksgiving dinners, but the numbers are dwindling. Guess I’m just getting old...
>>>Hey I was YOUNG, ok to look at, long brown hair and had a hot car, a 41 Ford, lowered, fender skirts and pipes that sang a sweet song.<<<
LOL, I’ll bet you didn’t need the hot car to get their attention!