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LindaAnn
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Oct 31, 2013

Dressing

With the post about Thanksgiving turkey, I began to think about dressing. So I am wondering how everyone makes theirs. I know the recipes vary with regions and families.

I make mine like my Mom did and, like her, I don't measure exactly, just add everything until it tastes "right"!

I use about 4-6 boiled eggs (chopped), a cup of chopped celery, a cup of chopped onion, 1/2 stick butter, 3-4 cans of chicken broth, a pan of cornbread, and a small pan of drop biscuits made from bisquick.

Melt the butter in a large skillet--add celery and onion and cook only until softened--take off heat and begin to crumble some cornbread and biscuits (more cornbread than biscuits)--add some broth, and keep repeating the breads and broth until the mixture is very moist. Then add the chopped eggs, poultry seasoning, salt and lots of pepper to taste.

Pour in baking pan and cook 350-375 until top is brown.

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  • Chorizo Cornbread dressing for us.

    Brown and drain a 12-oz package of pork chorizo. Saute 1 chopped onion and about 4-6 stalks chopped celery in 1/4 cup butter until soft. Add (2) cans chicken broth and 1 package Stovetop cornbread stuffing mix. Add the chorizo. Toast 6-8 pieces of hearty nut-oat bread, then cut into about 1/2" square pieces and stir in until dressing is the right consistency. It goes in the oven uncovered for about 20 minutes while the turkey is resting before it is carved.
  • I envy the folks that go for the gusto and make it with sausage, apples, nuts and assorted stuff. I just wish I knew someone that made it that way so I could taste it before going that far out on a limb. LOL!
  • It is one of our most loved family stories: My first Thanksgiving with my new in-laws my MIL complained that her dressing just "didn't taste as good as it used to." My wife asked her if she had used the same recipe. She said, "No. This year I was short on time so I just used the box kind." We still have a good laugh over that even though she has long since passed.
  • I make mine like my Mom did

    For me, that means starting with Mrs. Cubbinsons stuffing mix. It gets the standard butter, broth, celery and onion, but I like my giblets in the stuffing. I'm not particularly crazy about the liver but would buy extra gizzards and hearts if it was up to me.
  • I start with a box of Stovetop Stuffing.

    Believe it or not, it tastes just like Grandma's and what Mom used to make. Once I found it, decided it's not worth the hassle of making it from scratch like Mom used to. No leftovers and if we need more for the next day's meal, microwave another box in minutes.
  • I start with Pepperidge Farms herb stuffing mix and add whatever I can think of at the moment. I only make it at Thanksgiving with my wife's family, and that bunch doesn't DIS-like anything! One year I left the turkey giblets at home and made "giblet" gravy without them. Didn't have any complaints.
    Happy Thanksgiving!