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Stuffing or dressing for Thanksgiving?
https://news.aces.edu/blog/2016/11/23/stuffing-or-dressing-for-thanksgiving/ ^

Posted on 11/23/2016 10:37:02 AM PST by Sybeck1

AUBURN, Alabama — Thanksgiving is a time where friends and family gather together to give thanks, enjoy one another’s company and share a good meal. It takes a village to bring these great holiday meals together, and the thought of overwhelming amounts of leftovers keeps everyone motivated to prepare.

Two main dishes found at most Thanksgiving meals are stuffing or dressing. Here is the inside scoop on what defines these two dishes.

Difference between the two

“The major difference between the two dishes is that stuffing is popular in the north and dressing is popular in the south,” said Darlene Minniefield, an Alabama Extension agent in Human Nutrition, Diet and Health.

Stuffing is the bread component baked inside the turkey. That is why it is called, “stuffing.” Dressing is cooked by itself in a separate dish with or without the meat inside. Northerners cook stuffing on the stovetop, and southerners typically cook dressing in the oven.

Both dishes contain a large amount of carbohydrates because of the high amount of bread components such as bread or cornbread.

A cornbread base is more commonly found in the southern region. Whichever bread component you choose to make for your perfect dish, homemade bread will help bring a nice, fresh taste.

To make either dish healthier, add in vegetables. The combination of turkey or ham and stuffing or dressing with added vegetables results in a well-balanced meal.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: dressing; stuffing; stuffingordressing; stupidperson; thanksgivingdinner
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To: Original Lurker

I don’t see a grocery that carries Bryan here. You think Jimmy Dean hot sage is roughly comparable?


101 posted on 11/23/2016 12:38:35 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Rurudyne

I’m sad that I will never have my grandmothers dressing with gravy again


102 posted on 11/23/2016 12:40:05 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: Married with Children

Surely somebody in your family learned how to make it from her. Get the recipe, make it, remember her, honor her and give thanks that she was your grandmother, who knew how to make such lovely dressing with gravy.


103 posted on 11/23/2016 12:43:17 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: T. P. Pole

Probably not all northerners, but my family (Canadians and New Englanders with a few Wisconsinites thrown in) have always done stuffing on the stovetop. In fact, I don’t think I’ve once in my life had stuffing any other way.


104 posted on 11/23/2016 12:43:34 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

I honestly always though stovetop stuffing came about in the seventies as a packaged convenience food. I didn’t know real stuffing was made any other way than stuffing it into a turkey.


105 posted on 11/23/2016 12:45:35 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

I think JD would work just fine!!!

NC produces *great* pork products so I think you all have lots of
good brands seasoned with sage, paprika, garlic, fennel, etc., etc.

Any sausage made in the south should be seasoned accordingly.


106 posted on 11/23/2016 12:46:10 PM PST by Original Lurker
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To: Vaquero

Poor gal in the pic must have been cold on that November day


107 posted on 11/23/2016 12:46:22 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: oldvirginian

Her outfit’s missing a scarlet letter, that’s all.


108 posted on 11/23/2016 12:46:28 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Original Lurker

Cool. Now to see if I can pull it off at this late date, lol.


109 posted on 11/23/2016 12:47:10 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

She is still with us though she has moderate dementia- can recall things from years ago. I’m going to visit her tonight. Hopefully it is written somewhere.


110 posted on 11/23/2016 12:51:39 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: RegulatorCountry

And thanks for the kind words. :)


111 posted on 11/23/2016 12:52:27 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: trisham
It's missing an center layer of gravy soaked bread to be considered a "moist maker".

I'm happy with turkey, stuffing/dressing, gravy between two pieces of white bread, myself. Maybe some Swiss cheese.

112 posted on 11/23/2016 12:53:28 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Married with Children

Many old school good cooks do a pinch of this and a pinch of that, hope she’s actually got measurements to guide you until you get confident enough to do it the same way.


113 posted on 11/23/2016 12:54:06 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: pgkdan

My family has always done the same. Mainly because the turkey doesn’t hold enough for everyone.


114 posted on 11/23/2016 12:56:03 PM PST by sheana
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To: Married with Children

It’s what Thanksgiving is all about. Family. Food. Giving thanks. Make a tradition.


115 posted on 11/23/2016 12:56:17 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Yeah, I hear ya’. If not, save it for Christmas!!!!
This is a rich, rich, rich dressing that wakes up the turkey, ham, and side dishes.


116 posted on 11/23/2016 1:02:42 PM PST by Original Lurker
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To: Calvin Locke

“Her outfit’s missing a scarlet letter, that’s all.”

I volunteer to perform the odious task of affixing the scarlet letter to the ladies apparel.
I refuse to allow anyone else risk being contaminated by close proximity to such a vixen.....I mean harlot!


117 posted on 11/23/2016 1:14:12 PM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Here in Michigan, I love my “Dressing”.


118 posted on 11/23/2016 1:25:04 PM PST by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: gigster

There’s a fair amount of southern influence in Michigan, certainly in the UP. I’m not surprised.


119 posted on 11/23/2016 1:27:23 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: T. P. Pole

Basically, northerner’s make dressing also, but they call it stuffing. Whether you cook it in the bird, or on the stovetop, or in the oven, we call it “stuffing” in the North. We still fight over who gets the stuffing that was actually in the bird tho :)


120 posted on 11/23/2016 1:37:59 PM PST by Boogieman
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