Dressing or Stuffing

[JennaTX]

Since it is getting close to Thanksgiving...

Do you call it dressing or stuffing?

I am from the south and we call it dressing, is this something southern?

And how do you make yours?

 

[Kimberly]

Dressing is something you put on. Stuffing is something you shove in.

I call it stuffing.

 

[mommytotwo]

Stuffing. I have never heard anyone here call it dressing.

 

[Nancy]

Stuffing. (the box says Stovetop stuffing, not Stovetop dressing! LOL!)

I am kidding about the Stove top.

My recipe:

celery
onions
cooking oil
stale hard rolls cubed (or bag of stuffing cubes pre made)
butter
salt, pepper, parsley
milk

I fry up the onions and celery using cooking oil (not butter)
Heat up the milk and butter and add the stuffing cubes to it. Get that nice and coated with the milk mixture then stir in the celery, onions, parsley, salt and pepper.

I don't stuff the turkey, but cook it in a covered casserole dish. I put it in the oven about half way through cooking time and use some of the drippings from the turkey to "baste" the stuffing whenever I baste the turkey.

I can't give measurement because I am an eyeballer when I cook.

 

[Michelina]

Stuffing! I think dressing must be a southern thing. I like mine pretty plain, white bread cubes, celery, onion, parsley, poultry seasoning, butter and some broth.

 

[JennaTX]

Stuffing. (the box says Stovetop stuffing, not Stovetop dressing! LOL!)

I am kidding about the Stove top.

My recipe:

celery
onions
cooking oil
stale hard rolls cubed (or bag of stuffing cubes pre made)
butter
salt, pepper, parsley
milk

I fry up the onions and celery using cooking oil (not butter)
Heat up the milk and butter and add the stuffing cubes to it. Get that nice and coated with the milk mixture then stir in the celery, onions, parsley, salt and pepper.

I don't stuff the turkey, but cook it in a covered casserole dish. I put it in the oven about half way through cooking time and use some of the drippings from the turkey to "baste" the stuffing whenever I baste the turkey.

I can't give measurement because I am an eyeballer when I cook.

I also cook it separately in a covered dish, and your receipe is somewhat like mine.

Maybe only people from the south call it dressing?

 

[Buckalew11]

I'm from NJ and we called it stuffing and it was made from bread.

Here, in TN, they call it dressing and almost all of it around here is made with cornbread and has sage in it. I don't care for it.

I like my mama's stuffing!!!!!!!

 

[LoveWDW]

Maryland- I call it both interchangeably. Maybe dressing more often.

I chop onions add to torn up bread pieces, add salt and pepper and some broth from cooking up the giblets until the bread is moistened, then put it in a sprayed or greased casserole and bake along with the turkey. When it gets done- browned- I take it out and set it on a (turned off) burner on the stove where the heat rising from the oven keeps it warm, then I have room in the oven for the baked mashed potatoes and green bean casserole, and the baked sweet potatoes. My favorite dressing of all time was chestnut dressing that my mother used to make. She'd cook the chestnuts and chop them and add them to the above recipe and bake. The mild flavor of the chestnuts picked up the flavor of the turkey and the texture added a lot to the dressing. I have lately begun to make pineapple dressing- to bread cubes add a can of crushed pineapple, some brown sugar, salt, melted butter and bake- a very nice accompaniment to ham. I make both ham and turkey at Christmas. There are a number of recipes available online for the pineapple dressing.

 

[mjc05]

When I make home made, I call it dressing.
When I break down and use the boxed stuff, it's stuffin'.

 

[lulubelle]

Stuffing.
Mrs. Cubbison's Corn Bread Stuffing in a box. I add real butter, onion, celery and chicken broth. My family has had it this way for many years, we all love it.

 

[MinnieM21]

I'm from the NW and we call it stuffing.

 

[armywife]

I was told it's only called stuffing if you cook it IN the bird. Otherwise, it's dressing. My grandparents are from Texas and make cornbread DRESSING = stale cornbread, stale biscuits, celery, onion, poultry seasoning, some juice from the cooked turkey (or chicken broth).
I saw the First Lady Laura Bush's recipe in a magazine and it was exactly the same. Must be a Texas thing! It's delicious!

 

[Antonia]

I'm from the South and we always have called it dressing. It is made with cornbread. My dad makes the best - it's my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. And we're not from Texas. South Carolina!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Stuffing

 

[disneydreamer98]

Stuffing

tear up bread pieces to dry....add onion, celery, butter, turkey broth from roasting pan (can use canned chicken broth if you need extra liquid), sage, pepper and salt! YUMMY!

 

[delilah]

I'm originally from Chicago, and call it either interchangeably. I have a handwritten recipe card from my mom, who was born and raised also in the Chicago area, and it is labeled "Turkey Dressing". This particular recipe and card has been passed down in our family for generations. My entire family originated in the Chicago area, with the exception of my maternal grandfather being from southern Michigan.

I use the recipe on the rare occasion that I make turkey. It is delicious. It is a basic sausage/bread stuffing with a few walnuts and raisins thrown in for extra flavor.

I'm wondering if dressing might be an "old-fashioned" term, since my recipe is probably close to 100 yrs old, and the card probably more than 50.

 

[scrump]

I'm originally from Chicago, we always said "stuffing."

My DH is from Ohio, he and his family say "dressing." When he first said dressing, I had no idea what he was talking about!

 

[Pooh67_68]

I don't like the home made version, so I use Stove Top

 

[cinmell]

I'm from Boston and I call it stuffing.

 

[aprilgail2]

We call it stuffing....never heard anyone call it dressing