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 anothers 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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I don’t see a grocery that carries Bryan here. You think Jimmy Dean hot sage is roughly comparable?
I’m sad that I will never have my grandmothers dressing with gravy again
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.
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.
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.
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.
Poor gal in the pic must have been cold on that November day
Her outfit’s missing a scarlet letter, that’s all.
Cool. Now to see if I can pull it off at this late date, lol.
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.
And thanks for the kind words. :)
I'm happy with turkey, stuffing/dressing, gravy between two pieces of white bread, myself. Maybe some Swiss cheese.
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.
My family has always done the same. Mainly because the turkey doesn’t hold enough for everyone.
It’s what Thanksgiving is all about. Family. Food. Giving thanks. Make a tradition.
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.
“Her outfits missing a scarlet letter, thats 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!
Here in Michigan, I love my “Dressing”.
There’s a fair amount of southern influence in Michigan, certainly in the UP. I’m not surprised.
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 :)
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