Dressing or Stuffing??

[rrflem4]

I have talked with many people these past couple weeks who are buying & getting ready for Thanksgiving.

Some of them buy prepackaged box mixes for stuffing/dressing.

There are some who stuff their bird of choice, while others prepare a separate side-dish of dressing.
I like to make homemade dressing from scratch & bake it separately. (Im not a "stuffer"...lol)

How do you or your family/friends prepare it, if at all?

[raven1114]

It's really the same thing. It's called dressing if it's on the side of the bird/meat and stuffing if it's well stuffed inside of it. I've made stuffing before but we usually just do dressing.

[vp44]

My dad's homemade recipe for dressing. I do not stuff my turkey, cause I do not like my turkey that way. Yuck!

[mgint]

dressing made separate is good

[PGS28]

My mom made (heated) ready made stuffing one year when I was young and it was horrible.  I wanted to buy a turkey this year but my oldest daughter requested turkey dressing, a tradition in our family for Thanksgiving.

[kapeh12]

Typically ours is dressing (on the side).  I know stuffing I've had in the past has been more moist due to absorbing the bird's juices.  I like either personally - it's all good.

I've never made it homemade, always via a box.  I would like to try to make it homemade sometime.  Doesn't seem like it would be that difficult.

[ben50]

We just have it in the box

[dcf2006]

My wife makes the best homemade dressing. Its moist yet crispy on top. Mmmmm....
I don't care for "stuffing" because it's typically cooked inside the bird, and its soggy.

[bowrunner]

I make it from scratch using my grandmother's recipe and stuff as much as I can in the bird.  The rest just gets baked in the oven.

[quietpal]

My mom has always made dressing in a seperate baking dish and it is delicious with a little gravy on top. I didn't even know anything about stuffing in the turkey until I was an adult.

[LaKecias]

Homemade all the way!Box stuffing can not compare to homemade cornbread dressing made right. No stuffing the bird gross.

[squirrelgirl44]

Thankfully, I don't do any cooking for Thanksgiving. My mom does it all (still). She makes some really good stuffing. From scratch.

[erinelise2]

I always do both: what doesn't fit in the bird goes in a dish.  I consider the turkey merely the vessel to hold the stuffing 

[LaTashaS28]

I like dressing but do not care too much for stuffing though

[jkhanson]

I like dressing.  I do not care for stuffing and fear that stuffing does not get cooked well enough inside the turkey.