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susanr516

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43. I voted for stuffing, but it's really dressing
Wed Nov 24, 2021, 12:01 AM
Nov 2021

I'm a multi-generational Southerner. We never stuffed the turkey. Cornbread dressing was baked in a separate casserole dish. I make the dressing from memory of helping my mother do it. Each generation adds their own twist to it. Mine was adding a couple of beaten eggs to get more of a rise from it. Whenever I make cornbread dressing, I remember everyone who came before me and taught the next generation how it was done. That's my fondest Thanksgiving memory. I could whip up an awesome cornbread dressing and giblet gravy any day of the week, even without the turkey. However, I only make it once a year, because I want to pass on the tradition to my children.

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Dressing. Dressing is my favorite. Stuffing is not dressing. n/t ms liberty Nov 2021 #1
Same here! Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #8
Dressing is my favorite too! bamagal62 Nov 2021 #17
What you said. Solly Mack Nov 2021 #23
:) Right! And dressing is not stuffing. It's worth the extra bother Hortensis Nov 2021 #37
What is dressing, then? electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #45
What's dressing? Polybius Nov 2021 #46
what, no "all of the above" vote? Enter stage left Nov 2021 #2
No 'leftovers' either dweller Nov 2021 #3
Yes. I'm "other". Leftovers are the best. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #6
Oh, right! When someone else is cooking, I'll likely roast a turkey Hortensis Nov 2021 #40
Mashed sweet potatoes.... essaynnc Nov 2021 #4
:) These things become family traditions. Thanksgiving crayons. Hortensis Nov 2021 #41
Pumpkin pie nt spooky3 Nov 2021 #5
Wild Turkey 101 Sneederbunk Nov 2021 #7
Stuffing with lots of sage and gravy without giblets. Patterson Nov 2021 #9
Tacos. Mister Ed Nov 2021 #10
The mashed potatoes and gravy are the only reason I eat Thanksgiving dinner. Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #11
I voted for mashed potatoes, but a close runner up was turkey and the vegetables (green veggies) smirkymonkey Nov 2021 #47
The only veggie I like is a potato. You are spot on about cooking mashed potatoes. Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #48
SUSHI! PTWB Nov 2021 #12
Ew-shi! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #16
The gravy; connects it all. cachukis Nov 2021 #13
Yes! Where's the gravy?! I can buy a less than wonderful turkey, Hortensis Nov 2021 #28
It would seem to me that most in this thread have been eating some unpalatable gravy. cachukis Nov 2021 #33
Cornbread casserole, stuffing, rolls, pie. Love my carbs GPV Nov 2021 #14
stuffing in a blowout! didn't see that coming Takket Nov 2021 #15
No cranberry sauce from a can with ridges in it? This poll is null and void. ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #18
That jellied cranberry thing? Retrograde Nov 2021 #25
Good muffin tip! shanti Nov 2021 #34
Oh, same here. :) One of our gentlemen never got over Hortensis Nov 2021 #31
Stuffing - bready, and sage! electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #19
Cranberry/apple chutney or cranberry/pear chutney or cranberry/pineapple chutney... SMC22307 Nov 2021 #20
Not this! Cranberry and pickle pie. IcyPeas Nov 2021 #21
And in this week's installment of "Utah ruins everything"... meadowlander Nov 2021 #26
Pizza with anchovies and anything else except pineapple. nt Lucid Dreamer Nov 2021 #22
Pumpkin pie! Retrograde Nov 2021 #24
Tie between lemon meringue pie and mashed potatoes. meadowlander Nov 2021 #27
Rutabaga. old guy Nov 2021 #29
Pumpkin Pie 🥧! 😊 nt Raine Nov 2021 #30
Oven-baked cornbread dressing with giblet gravy..... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2021 #32
Definitely dressing shanti Nov 2021 #35
Tie. Turkey and stuffing go together mvd Nov 2021 #36
My MILs fried cornbread. n/t Whiskeytide Nov 2021 #38
Leftover cold turkey sandwich with mayo and lettuce is my absolute favorite Hekate Nov 2021 #39
Pumpkin pie. (n/t) Iggo Nov 2021 #42
I voted for stuffing, but it's really dressing susanr516 Nov 2021 #43
This poll demonstrates, once again, carbs are comfort, carbs are love. Stinky The Clown Nov 2021 #44
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