ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Nov 28, 2014 21:28:40 GMT
tell me how you make yours
and why it doesn't suck
gina
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cheleoh
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Post by cheleoh on Nov 28, 2014 21:38:13 GMT
This is our "family secret". Don't tell my dad that I told you.... It is wonderful because there's hardly anything in it. It's so simple and *normal. No sausage or anything stupid.  Excuse some of the "directions" ... these were my dad's exact words when I asked for the recipe for a family "cookbook" to share recipes with my kids last Christmas. My dad is ... well ... you'll see.   *normal by normal people standards. Harold was the town butcher when my mom & dad first got married. He told my dad how to make the stuffing. Chele  eta: One of my fondest childhood memories is of the evening before Thanksgiving, arriving at my grandparents' house, and my Mama would be sitting in the front yard tearing bread apart waiting for our arrival. <3 |
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Post by gale w on Nov 28, 2014 21:39:11 GMT
I used to bake the bread for it myself (bread machine) but have gotten lazy and been buying the bagged breads lately. DH and I like our stuffing really moist so I add a lot of chicken broth (just do it by feel-it depends on how much bread there is and how dry it is). I cook chopped onions and celery in butter and add that, and then add some poultry seasoning and thyme since the bagged bread cubes don't have enough seasoning. Then bake it. In the oven for 25-30 min or in a slow cooker for about 30 min on high and then a couple of hours on low. I like using the slow cooker so I don't have to worry about what's already in the oven.
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Post by melanell on Nov 28, 2014 21:39:44 GMT
LOL! Funny recipe for some great sounding stuffing. |
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Nov 28, 2014 21:42:05 GMT
Mine probably sucked worse than yours  I've always made cornbread bacon stuffing in the turkey. This year SIL asked if I'd make a bread stuffing made in a casserole. I found a recipe that sounded like what he wanted and made it. Yuck! I fed the leftovers to the garbage disposal. I feel your pain! Stuffing and gravy are my favorite leftovers  You can bet the turkey for Christmas will have cornbread bacon stuffing in it  |
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Post by Sam on Nov 28, 2014 21:42:22 GMT
This is our "family secret". Don't tell my dad that I told you.... It is wonderful because there's hardly anything in it. It's so simple and *normal. No sausage or anything stupid. Excuse some of the "directions" ... these were my dad's exact words when I asked for the recipe for a family "cookbook" to share recipes with my kids last Christmas. My dad is ... well ... you'll see. *normal by normal people standards. Harold was the town butcher when my mom & dad first got married. He told my dad how to make the stuffing. Chele I think I am in love with your dad!!   |
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 28, 2014 21:45:12 GMT
We usually just have the boxed stuff from Mrs Cubbisons.
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Post by Regina Phalange on Nov 28, 2014 21:51:04 GMT
This my Mom's, and it IS the best in the world!*
The Best Stuffing in the Whole Wide World
3 loaves of cheap white bread
4 tsp poultry seasoning
9 eggs
2 medium/large onions, chopped small
3 sticks of butter, melted
The night before the meal, break up the bread into small chunks and set aside until morning.
Put bread chunks into a very large mixing bowl. Add onions and eggs. Pour melted butter over top of everything. Sprinkle poultry seasoning over top of mixture. Mix with both hands until all bread is wet and mixture is very wet. If it doesn’t seem wet enough then add a ½ cup of chicken or turkey broth. Mix again, and keep adding ½ cup at a time until mixture is wet but not runny. Stuff into both neck and back end. Sew turkey up and cook that bad boy!!
If you don't want to cook it in the turkey, throw it all in a casserole and bake it at 350 degrees for 40-60 minutes. If you don't like it hard and crusty on top, pour a layer of chicken/turkey broth on top, and it'll absorb as it cooks and keep it super moist!
*IMO, of course!
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ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Nov 28, 2014 21:52:46 GMT
that sounds good....and the jameson's is the best part!
kathy - i wish had a photo of the ugly gross mess it was!
gina
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Post by Fidget on Nov 28, 2014 21:54:56 GMT
Mine is very simple, I buy pepperidge farms cubed bread. I mix with chicken broth and butter per package directions and I add onions and canned mushrooms. That's it. I've been making it this way for years and everyone likes it. I stuff it in the bird, it is not a dry stuffing it's very - awww geez- I can't think of another word to describe, sorry to the peas who don't like this word, it's very "moist"
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ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Nov 28, 2014 21:59:44 GMT
i think mine was just too dry.
i'm gonna give it another shot at christmas
keep the recipes coming
gina
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Post by ntsf on Nov 28, 2014 22:07:33 GMT
I like the joy of cooking one. I use good bread..break it up into chunks. saute some onion and celery, throw in when soft..add sauteed mushrooms, add basil, oregano, salt and pepper, milk, chopped walnuts and parsley, bake in separate dish. never enough to go around.
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AnneMD
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Post by AnneMD on Nov 28, 2014 22:10:00 GMT
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Post by jumperhop on Nov 28, 2014 22:13:56 GMT
I gave up on homemade stuffing when I realized that I love stovetop.
Jen
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Post by dulcemama on Nov 28, 2014 22:14:26 GMT
My MIL made a bread stuffing with prunes and diced apples and seasoned with a little cinnamon. It was DH's great grandmother's recipe and, sadly, I do not have it myself. I love that stuffing!
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Post by txdancermom on Nov 28, 2014 22:18:24 GMT
I use Pepperidge Farm Herb Stuffing mix (the one in the blue package) I add celery and sometimes use chicken broth to make it. Always good!
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Post by myboysnme on Nov 28, 2014 22:18:48 GMT
It's so simple and *normal. No sausage or anything stupid. Why did you say having sausage in stuffing is stupid? Was that a thread I missed after I posted my sausage stuffing recipe? Anyway I made in the bird and out of the bird, and all of it was eaten. |
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cheleoh
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Post by cheleoh on Nov 28, 2014 22:23:44 GMT
Nope. I didn't see any other stuffing recipes. I just am of the opinion that sausage does not belong in stuffing. Sorry to have upset you. Nothing personal!
Chele :-)
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ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Nov 28, 2014 22:26:02 GMT
stupid=nontraditional
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valincal
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Post by valincal on Nov 28, 2014 22:26:04 GMT
I think she's just saying hers is a very simple recipe. I put sausage in mine, and everyone loves it. Does cornbread stuffing get soggy? |
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Post by peasapie on Nov 28, 2014 22:42:10 GMT
This is our "family secret". Don't tell my dad that I told you.... It is wonderful because there's hardly anything in it. It's so simple and *normal. No sausage or anything stupid. Excuse some of the "directions" ... these were my dad's exact words when I asked for the recipe for a family "cookbook" to share recipes with my kids last Christmas. My dad is ... well ... you'll see. *normal by normal people standards. Harold was the town butcher when my mom & dad first got married. He told my dad how to make the stuffing. Chele eta: One of my fondest childhood memories is of the evening before Thanksgiving, arriving at my grandparents' house, and my Mama would be sitting in the front yard tearing bread apart waiting for our arrival. <3 I may have to give up my family favorite - Stove Top Stuffing - in favor of this adorable recipe. |
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Post by azredhead on Nov 28, 2014 22:45:54 GMT
Mine is very simple, I buy pepperidge farms cubed bread. I mix with chicken broth and butter per package directions and I add onions and canned mushrooms. That's it. I've been making it this way for years and everyone likes it. I stuff it in the bird, it is not a dry stuffing it's very - awww geez- I can't think of another word to describe, sorry to the peas who don't like this word, it's very "moist" Ours is similar - DH does it with the veggies lets them all the celery, carrots cook in the butter. Then mixes them with the bread crumbs, And sausage! (We LOVE the sausage!) and the chicken broth. You can always add more chicken broth to the top if it's too dry. Sometimes he will also add apple but we forgot it this year. But everyone likes it and said not to change it. |
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akathy
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Post by akathy on Nov 28, 2014 23:03:27 GMT
I think she's just saying hers is a very simple recipe. I put sausage in mine, and everyone loves it. Does cornbread stuffing get soggy? It's moist because I cook it in the turkey but i wouldn't call it soggy. |
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Post by hop2 on Nov 28, 2014 23:25:24 GMT
Bread cubes
Diced onion
Minced garlic
Diced celery
Turkey stock
And I do use sausage
I don't cook it in the bird.
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Post by Grom Pea on Nov 28, 2014 23:32:08 GMT
I make variations but I always use bells stuffing seasoning or poultry seasoning, its a powdered seasoning that comes in a yellow box with a turkey on it, sold in new England. I usually bring back a box with me when I visit but I bet you can get it online.
I follow their recipe but substitute stock for water and cornbread for bread. I bake one pan of jiffy cornbread the day before, cube it and let it get stale. The variations are I add either roasted chestnuts or pecans and if I do pecans I add craisins or golden raisins. I've also used bacon grease instead of butter and put in bacon pieces. Every time people rave about it. I really think its the seasoning that makes it special. I'll have to ask my family for a box for Christmas, I forgot to buy some this year and am running low!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 28, 2014 23:37:31 GMT
I usually make stuffing but was running short on time since we celebrated on Wednesday. I used Turkey Stove-Top and DH and DS loved it. Seriously, so much gravy is put on it that I don't think it mattered. |
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Post by stampnscrap1128 on Nov 28, 2014 23:39:13 GMT
My family loves the Stove Top cornbread stuffing. I use butter (not margarine) and add finely diced sauteed onions and celery.
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Post by Marina on Nov 28, 2014 23:46:52 GMT
I use a mix of French and sourdough breads that have had the bags slit open to dry out a bi a couple of days t. I sauté onions and celery in butter. Season with sage, margoram, rosemary and thyme and s&p. I drizzle with a tiny bit of broth if needed. Comes out great.
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Post by 1lear on Nov 28, 2014 23:59:07 GMT
I make cornbread dressing.
Homemade cornbread (not the sweet/sugar kind)-crumbled
One small onion and 3 celery stalks-chopped and cooked in butter until soft
chicken stock
sage
poultry seasoning
Mix everything together-I just add stock until the mixture gets a bit soggy
Put in a casserole dish
Add a stick of butter-cut into pieces
cook on 350 until the top/edges get brown
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Post by lucyg on Nov 29, 2014 0:11:55 GMT
I use cubed dried sourdough bread (okay, or commercial bread cubes if I'm feeling stressed and/or lazy) plus onions, celery, and parsley. I boil the turkey giblets, chop them up, and add them to the stuffing. I also add chestnuts. And eggs. And the stuffing is sauteed in butter before baking. And I cook the stuffing inside the bird. I think those are the things that make it fantastic. YMMV |
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I've always made cornbread bacon stuffing in the turkey. This year SIL asked if I'd make a bread stuffing made in a casserole. I found a recipe that sounded like what he wanted and made it. Yuck! I fed the leftovers to the garbage disposal. I feel your pain! Stuffing and gravy are my favorite leftovers 
