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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. :oops:

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. :lol:

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. :oops:

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