Posted: 11/24/2004 10:47:21 AM EDT
| Just curious. Growing up in the South, all that I had ever eaten was cornbread dressing cooked in a pan and not "stuffed" in the turkey. Then I met my wife who grew up in Philadelphia and she was just the opposite.....she always had stuffing. Now, we do both and have dressing at either Christmas or Thanksgiving and then stuffing at the other. I really like them both. What about you guys and gals? |
Here in the south, we kinda warped the language to suit ourselves. Sorry. It wasn't my idea.  But for most of us, 'dressing', in the chicken/turkey context, is cornbread, water, poultry, and spices and seasonings, such as sage, onion, and pepper, baked OUTSIDE of the bird, in a large pan. As always, of course, the burnt edges are the best part. |
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When it comes to Turkey I use either term interchangably but usually I call it stuffing The epicurion dictionary for dressing/stuffing: www.epicurious.com/cooking/how_to/food_dictionary/search?query=dressing&submit.x=20&submit.y=9&submit=submit |
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"Get both" is always good advice. I have always called it "stuffing" and my wife (from Oklahoma) calls it "dressing". We do stuff the bird. My mom always made bread crumb stuffing and her husband preferrs Cornbread stuffing. My mom stuffs a turkey and Ross stuffs a chicken. If there is more than will fit in the birds we bake it in a pan in the oven, but the stuff in the bird is better tasting. Amen to the part about adding veggies to the stuffing. I like Onion Celery Mushroom |
I like it crispier not soggy. 
YupYup...as stated! 
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Both, stuff the bird with stuffing, anything left over, set it aside, after the bird comes out, drizzle some stock over the dressing and bake that, just in case you run out of stuffing, which is very popular in my house. Tomorrow, we'll have 20+ for dinner. We'll have both, and more than one bird. Blackhorse Allons |
Yankees! There's Yankees amongst us! Dressing is something to be admired and enjoyed. The English language has many words with multiple meanings including this one. Cornbread dressing is made with boiled eggs, stock from the turkey, thyme, sage and other secret ingredients and baked. It's the only thing to eat with turkey. Mix it, turkey meat, giblet gravy and a top with cranberry sauce. Don't get much better than that. |