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My Stuffing/Dressing Needs HELP!!!
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:12 pm
by buffettbride
Ok. So, I am making stuffing this year for Turkey Day. I have bread cubes to use, but what should I do next? Please, please, please offer some recipe ideas.
I do have some special requirements....
1. No cornbread stuffing recipes. I have the bread cubes already so that is what I am sticking with.
2. No funky stuff like raisins or nuts or apples in it. I'm talking basic, traditional stuffing.
3. I've heard a lot lately about sausage in stuffing. I've never had it this way, but I've heard from a pork expert that it is to-die-for. So, I'm open to stuffing recipes that include sausage.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:13 pm
by CaptainP
Have you asked Bobbie?
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:14 pm
by buffettbride
CaptainP wrote:Have you asked Bobbie?
Bobbie is busy on the moon molesting children with Neil Diamond.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:14 pm
by alphabits
I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

Posted: November 20, 2007 4:15 pm
by buffettbride
alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

(((Bits Sausage)))
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:16 pm
by alphabits
buffettbride wrote:alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

(((Bits Sausage)))
Maybe I should've invited Neil.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:20 pm
by mjeischen
alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

HA! I pee'd a little.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:21 pm
by buffettbride
I love a good hijacking---and please continue---but I REALLLLLLY do need a stuffing recipe!!!
Just to tug at your heart strings a little, when I asked my daughter who cannot eat gluten what food she wanted the most for Thanksgiving, it was stuffing. So, my major accomplishment this year needs to be mastering gluten-free stuffing so I can make her one, small request a possibility.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:22 pm
by RinglingRingling
alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

maybe if you hadn't danced around screaming because it was still in the bird and the bird was still in the oven...
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:23 pm
by SMLCHNG
Definitely the bread cubes
Jimmy Dean's Sausage (sage flavored if you want)
Onion and Garlic powder
celery
Ground sage
Melted butter to get it all mushy
Ground Pepper
I might be missing something, cause it's just from memory, and Mom makes it every year.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:23 pm
by buffettbride
mjeischen wrote:alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

HA! I pee'd a little.
I used to do that, but now I can't stop the flow.

Posted: November 20, 2007 4:25 pm
by mjeischen
buffettbride wrote:I love a good hijacking---and please continue---but I REALLLLLLY do need a stuffing recipe!!!
Just to tug at your heart strings a little, when I asked my daughter who cannot eat gluten what food she wanted the most for Thanksgiving, it was stuffing. So, my major accomplishment this year needs to be mastering gluten-free stuffing so I can make her one, small request a possibility.
allrecipes.com
I have one at home that is pretty basic. Celery, Onions, Salt/Pepper to taste, Milk Butter and eggs.
I wish I had it to convey but it's a basic bread stuffing recipe.
Also Foodtv.com - They've had tons of turkey day shows on Food TV. If you've got a glutten free bread-like product I suppose it will sub nicely.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:25 pm
by alphabits
RinglingRingling wrote:alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

maybe if you hadn't danced around screaming because it was still in the bird and the bird was still in the oven...
It took a long time to shed the reputation of being a turkey "molester".
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:25 pm
by buffettbride
SMLCHNG wrote:Definitely the bread cubes
Jimmy Dean's Sausage (sage flavored if you want)
Onion and Garlic powder
celery
Ground sage
Melted butter to get it all mushy
Ground Pepper
I might be missing something, cause it's just from memory, and Mom makes it every year.
That sounds about what I was thinking and I think Jimmy Dean's stuff is gluten-free.
Now, not to sound like a total tard, but I am only a good cook when I have good directions.
I'm assuming saute everything in butter and then add to stuffing cubes? Wouldn't there be some broth involved somewhere?
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:25 pm
by blackjack
For a good sized turkey 15-18 pounds:
melt a stick of butter in a pan add one small yellow onion diced into small pieces and 5-8 ribs/stalks of celery sliced thin.
Saute these in the butter until they become translucent (don't allow butter to brown) and add 1 tsp. of Be''s poultry seasoning.
Pour this mixture over your "stale" bread cubes and toss gently to spread moisture throughout.
Stuff your turkey and put excess in a baking dish with a small amount of chicken stock to keep it from drying out. Cover dish with lid or foil and bake.
You don't need to add stock/broth to the turkey stuffing unless the butter doesn't go far enough. Then just use a very little. The turkey juices will moisten it up.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:26 pm
by buffettbride
mjeischen wrote:buffettbride wrote:I love a good hijacking---and please continue---but I REALLLLLLY do need a stuffing recipe!!!
Just to tug at your heart strings a little, when I asked my daughter who cannot eat gluten what food she wanted the most for Thanksgiving, it was stuffing. So, my major accomplishment this year needs to be mastering gluten-free stuffing so I can make her one, small request a possibility.
allrecipes.com
I have one at home that is pretty basic. Celery, Onions, Salt/Pepper to taste, Milk Butter and eggs.
I wish I had it to convey but it's a basic bread stuffing recipe.
Also Foodtv.com - They've had tons of turkey day shows on Food TV. If you've got a glutten free bread-like product I suppose it will sub nicely.
GF bread works quite well because it is already halfway to being stale-flavored.

Posted: November 20, 2007 4:27 pm
by buffettbride
blackjack wrote:For a good sized turkey 15-18 pounds:
melt a stick of butter in a pan add one small yellow onion diced into small pieces and 5-8 ribs/stalks of celery sliced thin.
Saute these in the butter until they become translucent (don't allow butter to brown) and add 1 tsp. of Be''s poultry seasoning.
Pour this mixture over your "stale" bread cubes and toss gently to spread moisture throughout.
Stuff your turkey and put excess in a baking dish with a small amount of chicken stock to keep it from drying out. Cover dish with lid or foil and bake.
I shoulda added we're not putting it in the bird.

Posted: November 20, 2007 4:28 pm
by buffettbride
alphabits wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

maybe if you hadn't danced around screaming because it was still in the bird and the bird was still in the oven...
It took a long time to shed the reputation of being a turkey "molester".
Mr. Bits the Turkey Toucher!!!!
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:30 pm
by Y-NO-9-O
Suggestions:
Gwaltney's (sp?) sausage (in green "chub") has 40% less fat. Brown that and put aside on paper towel.
This is for 8 cups of bread cubes.
Saute the following in a stick of butter (notice I did NOT say "or margarine"):
1 large onion diced
4 stalks celery sliced
Remove from heat when the onions are translucent and crunchy (don't brown)
Stir in 1 teaspoon sage or poultry seasoning then add the sausage and mix.
In a bowl mix bread crumbs and onion mixture adding chicken broth slowly so the mixture doesn't get too soggy. You will need between 3/4 and 1 cup broth. Stuffs a 10 lb bird or you can put it in baking dish and bake.
Posted: November 20, 2007 4:30 pm
by alphabits
buffettbride wrote:alphabits wrote:RinglingRingling wrote:alphabits wrote:I put my sausage in the stuffing one year ...... but no one would eat it.

maybe if you hadn't danced around screaming because it was still in the bird and the bird was still in the oven...
It took a long time to shed the reputation of being a turkey "molester".
Mr. Bits the Turkey Toucher!!!!
Bitsylvania ..... where men are men and turkeys are afraid!
And on a serious note, the recipes given sound similar to ours .... bread crumbs, onion, celery, poultry seasoning, butter .... yada, yada, yada