Family treasures passed through the generations.
Thanksgiving is a time of traditions, and it’s valuable to keep them. What could be better than cooking the heirloom recipes?
Thanksgiving is a time of traditions, and it’s valuable to keep them. What could be better than cooking the heirloom recipes?
After I published on 10-29-2007 the blog entry
2017, Mom's Dressing Recipe with a Few Notes (Cornbread Dressing) it seemed
interesting to post a question on Facebook about making dressing. The
original question was, “How do you make dressing?”
A friend
instantly remarked that the question was ambiguous. Was it about salad dressing,
gravy, or a side dish. The question required rewording.
“How do
you cook dressing for turkey?” received the answer of “Duh! In the oven.”
Again the
question was reworded. “What is your favorite recipe for dressing with
turkey? Also stuffing.”
A new
friend thanked me for sharing love recipes. She saw through the motive of
this posting project. Making dressing for a holiday is a sweet labor of love,
a dish constructed from ingredients any pioneer woman had readily available.
The recipe featured on the earlier blog appeared in my story cookbook, Flavored with Love, now out of print.
If you have a traditional dressing recipe, update and cook it. If not, start a tradition--dressing or something else you prefer. If you cook too much food, freeze it.
I’ve never
met a (bread) dressing I didn’t like. Thanks to my friends who shared their families’ heirloom
recipes. What a culinary delight!
Some tips friends shared with me.
(For the
full story with the names of the contributors, friend Mary Cooke on Facebook
and check my Timeline.)
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You will
learn not to wear plaid if the turkey is dressed in pastels.
·
Elastic
pants are good dressing for the person who stuffs himself into them.
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Are you
supposed to use a recipe?
·
Stove Top®
Unique
ingredients listed in the responses:
·
Cooked
rice mixed with cornbread and other traditional ingredients to be stuffed
into the turkey
·
Instead of
white sliced bread, using the heels from several loaves and freezing the
loaves to be eaten later
·
Chopped
hard boiled eggs
·
Green
onions
·
Red pepper
flakes
·
Cream of
chicken soup, along with the chopped hard boiled eggs
Most
responses including cornbread, except for one person, who makes, Bread Sausage
Stuffing.
“Take
1&1/2 -2 loaves of white bread moistened with a little milk, one egg, a
roll of sage sausage, chopped onions, dried cranberries, parsley and Bells
seasoning, mix all together and stuff into turkey.”
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