Hi Lucky,
LOL I've made my share of dry as a desert turkeys. sometimes it seems you can do everything supposedly right and still come out with a substance that must be drowned in gallons of gravy to make it palatable. I think it is the "turkey's revenge" and let's face it, who came blame it.
I am a southern gal so no stuffing to me does not mean stuffed inside a bird. I grew up making cornbread stuffing and much prefer it. This kind of stuffing is usually baked in an oblong cake pan and cooked separately. But even the stuffing made for the bird can still be baked in a separate pan. My ex mom-in-law used to do that when she was fixing a dinner for a crowd and needed lots of the stuff.
On that note I have a story. All of you hailing from the United states probably are familiar with a green bean side dish recipe made popular by the makers of Durkee fried onions. But for those of you unfamiliar, they are very small onions deep fried and sealed in a cardboard can that are used in cooking, but not too bad to nibble either as you work.
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It was many years ago, now, that instead of suggesting to the many Thanksgiving gatherers what they could bring to the family get together, that my mom-in-law, told everyone to just bring what they wished to the holiday dinner. We smiled at first as the first two groups arrived with their Durkee green bean casserole in hand but it became ever more comical and a little unnerving when it became clear that this is what everyone brought to the dinner! Thank heavens that in those years my mom-in-law was as efficient as a navy cook and had the time, know-how and presence of mind to prepare not only the turkey, but the stuffing and mashed potatoes as well or we would still be full of green bean casserole!
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To this day, I cannot look at that old time recipe without a snicker. But that is Thanksgiving, eh? Who would think food would provide such a platform to express love, appreciation and cement strong bonds in the upcoming year? At Thanksgiving we truly are what we eat... and that is love. (The turkey, of course, has other ideas...poor little thing.
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((((((Hugs))))))
Sandy