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Title: Dressing or Stuffing??
Post by: rrflem4 on November 18, 2012, 10:49:13 pm: 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?
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Post by: raven1114 on November 18, 2012, 10:57:59 pm: 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.
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Post by: vp44 on November 18, 2012, 11:50:15 pm: My dad's homemade recipe for dressing. I do not stuff my turkey, cause I do not like my turkey that way. Yuck!
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Post by: mgint on November 19, 2012, 06:34:18 am: dressing made separate is good
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Post by: PGS28 on November 19, 2012, 06:55:02 am: 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.
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Post by: kapeh12 on November 19, 2012, 06:56:03 am: 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.
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Post by: ben50 on November 19, 2012, 09:29:49 am: We just have it in the box
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Post by: dcf2006 on November 27, 2012, 12:15:09 pm: 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. :P
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Post by: bowrunner on November 27, 2012, 12:22:38 pm: 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.
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Post by: quietpal on November 27, 2012, 08:02:59 pm: 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.
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Post by: LaKecias on November 27, 2012, 08:26:38 pm: Homemade all the way!Box stuffing can not compare to homemade cornbread dressing made right. No stuffing the bird gross.
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Post by: squirrelgirl44 on November 27, 2012, 08:33:08 pm: Thankfully, I don't do any cooking for Thanksgiving. My mom does it all (still). She makes some really good stuffing. From scratch.
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Post by: erinelise2 on November 27, 2012, 08:39:12 pm: 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 ;D
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Post by: LaTashaS28 on November 27, 2012, 08:46:37 pm: I like dressing but do not care too much for stuffing though
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Post by: jkhanson on November 27, 2012, 09:23:12 pm: I like dressing. I do not care for stuffing and fear that stuffing does not get cooked well enough inside the turkey.
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Post by: Shandara09 on November 27, 2012, 09:31:24 pm: We always have homemade dressing. We just finished off our leftover dressing a couple days ago, and I wish I had some more. :)
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Post by: egrant3 on November 29, 2012, 01:52:00 pm: i prefer dressing with gizzards and celery and all the trimmings.
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Post by: emily01 on November 30, 2012, 07:57:03 am: My mom makes box dressing but she normally adds her own ingredients to it.
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Post by: ljrjess69 on November 30, 2012, 08:19:48 am: i like it but i call it stuffing no matter what
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Post by: mjdoug03 on November 30, 2012, 09:08:29 am: What is the difference?
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Post by: HLNew on November 30, 2012, 09:59:59 am: Stuffing. I generally do two types: my Mom's recipe, and my Mom in law's.
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Post by: elysee24 on November 30, 2012, 04:34:59 pm: Seriously I don't know the difference.
But this year, which was the first time I celebrated Thanksgiving, we used dressing!!
Dressing tasted alright to me.
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Post by: gramev64 on November 30, 2012, 08:39:39 pm: I used to always make my own stuffing with dried bread, celery, onions,egg, etc. and stuff the turkey. Now I guess I am just lazy, because I buy the stuffing already prepared and don't stuff the turkey!
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Post by: timvolley on November 30, 2012, 08:49:11 pm: this was the one thing i missed this thanksgiving but i like using stove topif i was making it for myself.