How do you do stuffing?

[Fire Me Boy!]

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, let's skip past the turkey and talk about what everyone loves most - stuffing/dressing.

How do you do it?

I'll admit, until I started dating my wife, my entire experience with stuffing/dressing was Stove Top. I didn't mind, but now I know better. And for the last decade plus, I make mine homemade. Sometimes I use the pre-cubed (un-seasoned) bread, but mostly I'll make my own.

Mine is pretty basic. It's what Mrs. FMB's dad made, and what we like. I've made a few modifications, and I think mine's better, but it's still very basic.

I prefer to start by drying out the bread in the oven. Add some diced onion, celery, mushrooms, and minced garlic sauteed in butter, and toss with the bread. I'll season pretty aggressively with rosemary, thyme, sage, salt, and pepper. Then it all gets moistened with stock - I really try for homemade turkey stock, but sometimes I just use from the store. Bake it all up under foil, and then take the foil off and let the top get crispy.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

That's a bread stuffing. Is what most use is all.

I like rice, but when I'm eating stuffing it must be bread.

And corn bread stuffing sucks, too.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Katipan

I put rice in the neck so it bakes pretty (not collapsed) and then I have turkey rice.

That sounds yummy. Can I come to your house for Thanksgiving Dinner? My family is in Europe, and I'm stuck at school.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

My mother never did it.

I've had stuffing in the brid, once. It sucked.

I've never done it and I never will. I'd rather have Stove Top LOL

Dressing is the stuff that is made outside the bird. It's what you give to the people you don't like as much. Stuffing is what is made inside the bird. It's what you give to your favorite guests, because it's much better.

If you had shitty stuffing, it would have been shitty dressing, too.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Heathen

Yup!

According to RouxBe Cooking School stuffing "acts as insulation and makes cooking the turkey that much longer, creating dry breast meat. Hot air cannot get inside the turkey and can’t cook the meat closest to the bone, which is the area that takes the longest to cook."


http://rouxbe.com/recipes/106-roaste...-gravy/preview

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

That sounds yummy. Can I come to your house for Thanksgiving Dinner? My family is in Europe, and I'm stuck at school.

I would love to have you, but I just did my Thanksgiving. I work on the real holiday. I don't like the idea of you just sitting at college.

Unless you're surrounded by chicks and drugs I suppose.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Yup!

According to RouxBe Cooking School stuffing "acts as insulation and makes cooking the turkey that much longer, creating dry breast meat. Hot air cannot get inside the turkey and can’t cook the meat closest to the bone, which is the area that takes the longest to cook."


http://rouxbe.com/recipes/106-roaste...-gravy/preview

Apparently, the RouxBe Cooking School doesn't know how to cook turkey.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Apparently, the RouxBe Cooking School doesn't know how to cook turkey.

You don't know what you just started.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

I like rice, but when I'm eating stuffing it must be bread.

And corn bread stuffing sucks, too.

Cornbread is bread tho.' I didn't care for the cornbread when I tried it one year. One year a friend made it with oysters and it was pretty good but mine didn't come out right for some reason.

I think bread stuffing is most popular. I like to experiment on occasion but have mostly had bread stuffing with turkey or roast chicken. I stuffed Cornish Game Hens with a ricotta and spinach stuffing once and that was delicious.

[stevieray]

I usually use stockings hung with care.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Apparently, the RouxBe Cooking School doesn't know how to cook turkey.

I've changed how I do it ever since using that school. I even brine my turkey now too. Made a big difference.

They know how to cook turkey. There's just more than one way to skin-a-cat.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Dressing is the stuff that is made outside the bird. It's what you give to the people you don't like as much. Stuffing is what is made inside the bird. It's what you give to your favorite guests, because it's much better.

If you had shitty stuffing, it would have been shitty dressing, too.

Splitting hairs.

It's stuffing to me.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by Katipan

I would love to have you, but I just did my Thanksgiving. I work on the real holiday. I don't like the idea of you just sitting at college.

Unless you're surrounded by chicks and drugs I suppose.

There are a lot of drugs. Most of the chicks will be at home with their families, I'd imagine. I'll probably make do.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, let's skip past the turkey and talk about what everyone loves most - stuffing/dressing.

How do you do it?

I'll admit, until I started dating my wife, my entire experience with stuffing/dressing was Stove Top. I didn't mind, but now I know better. And for the last decade plus, I make mine homemade. Sometimes I use the pre-cubed (un-seasoned) bread, but mostly I'll make my own.

Mine is pretty basic. It's what Mrs. FMB's dad made, and what we like. I've made a few modifications, and I think mine's better, but it's still very basic.

I prefer to start by drying out the bread in the oven. Add some diced onion, celery, mushrooms, and minced garlic sauteed in butter, and toss with the bread. I'll season pretty aggressively with rosemary, thyme, sage, salt, and pepper. Then it all gets moistened with stock - I really try for homemade turkey stock, but sometimes I just use from the store. Bake it all up under foil, and then take the foil off and let the top get crispy.

Mine sounds about like yours, but I like to add a very finely diced green apple

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Splitting hairs.

It's stuffing to me.

It's really not.

Stuffing isn't dressing.

Grilling isn't barbecuing.

Lecterns aren't podiums.

Definitions are real.

[BucEyedPea]

I like the idea of apples in a stuffing or even pruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunes!