HELP my dressing has no flavor!

[The Mystery Machine]

it is not really dangerous if NOT stuffed till cooking and then taken out right after. It is when someone stuffs and leaves in after cooking, stuffing is suppose to be removed right after cooking due to microbial growth.

The danger of stuffing is that is does not cook throughly inside the bird to 165.
It is called cross contamination.

 

[Pin Wizard]

Sorry I'm not a help with that problem. I'm not a cook. Our dinner is from Honeybaked Ham this year. Yum!

I bought their cornbread stuffing. Wow!!! It's the best stuffing I've ever had!! So much for Stovetop.

Good luck! I hope you find some ingredients to add and are raving over it!

 

[Mickey~Mouse]

The danger of stuffing is that is does not cook throughly inside the bird to 165.
It is called cross contamination.

yes, thank-you I am a food chemist, I thought I would simplify it oh, and let me add, the FDA recommends you cook to 180 degrees due to the fact that
most people do not know better, so 165 has been out the door for some years now.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

yes, thank-you I am a food chemist, I thought I would simplify it

I am a food worker. I have to take food temps all the time.

 

[Mickey~Mouse]

I am a food worker. I have to take food temps all the time.

ya, been there...servesafe certified and HACCP certified here. also a BA in Food Chemistry & safety. I work in the lab doing such.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

ya, been there...servesafe certified and HACCP certified here. also a BA in Food Chemistry & safety. I work in the lab doing such.

Got my "ServSafe" certification as well. Just another thing to drive my family nuts.

I always say...you haven't ever gotten sick, right?

 

[mum4jenn]

Got my "ServSafe" certification as well. Just another thing to drive my family nuts.

I always say...you haven't ever gotten sick, right?

I got my ServeSafe certification back in June!!! Sounds like we have a whole club here!! Ha HA

 

[Mickey~Mouse]

Got my "ServSafe" certification as well. Just another thing to drive my family nuts.

I always say...you haven't ever gotten sick, right?

my first thought when I started my schooling for this industry was, I will NEVER eat again! and I lost over 40 pounds!!! put the truth is we know TO much! So I just go back to basics, I have never gotten sick stuffing my turkey...and as long as you wash and keep things separate, and cook to the right temp, then you should be fine!!

Happy Holidays!

 

[rcraw45425]

Not a food chemist, just a plain old, "used to be back when I had a career, aka, before kids, chemist. I agree about the 180 degree thing, IMO, with poultry, cook it till my ovens temp probe reads 180. I laugh that chemistry prepared me for cooking, a recipe is a recipe regardless of whether it's involving food ingredients or chemical ingredients. I use gloves when handling both, LOL! Kids freaked out when I gloved up before handling the bird last night, so they got the lecture, along with the admonishment to scrub their hands after being remotely close to it! Hope everyone's dressing/stuffing turns out good.

 

[Mickey~Mouse]

Not a food chemist, just a plain old, "used to be back when I had a career, aka, before kids, chemist. I agree about the 180 degree thing, IMO, with poultry, cook it till my ovens temp probe reads 180. I laugh that chemistry prepared me for cooking, a recipe is a recipe regardless of whether it's involving food ingredients or chemical ingredients. I use gloves when handling both, LOL! Kids freaked out when I gloved up before handling the bird last night, so they got the lecture, along with the admonishment to scrub their hands after being remotely close to it! Hope everyone's dressing/stuffing turns out good.

lol. I use gloves also!! I was laughing at myself today...glad I am NOT the only one!

 

[DMickey28]

I am ServSafe and HACCP certified as well!! My education is in Industrial Food Service. Lot's of temp taking here. I drive my mother NUTS with it. She hates it when I go to their house ... always questioning! I finally stopped because I figured I grew up there and was never sick. She doesn't do anything THAT Bad.

We don't cook the stuffing in the bird so I guess it's called dressing. Never knew that. Thanks!

 

[Mickey~Mouse]

I am ServSafe and HACCP certified as well!! My education is in Industrial Food Service. Lot's of temp taking here. I drive my mother NUTS with it. She hates it when I go to their house ... always questioning! I finally stopped because I figured I grew up there and was never sick. She doesn't do anything THAT Bad.

We don't cook the stuffing in the bird so I guess it's called dressing. Never knew that. Thanks!

are you a member of the IFT? Glad to see someone else HACCP certified!! sounds like we SHOULD start a club!!

 

[rcraw45425]

Well, after reading all the suggestions here, my final version is this:

2 pans cornbread (Jiffy)
carmelized onions
celery
heavy cream
1 egg
cracked pepper
kosher salt
fresh chopped sage
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce(per recommendation above)
small amount poultry seasoning (picky kids)
I cooked in baking dish next to turkey, adding broth to keep it from drying out. It's now in the warming drawer, being constantly sampled by DD12, so I guess it passes the test!

 

[mum4jenn]

are you a member of the IFT? Glad to see someone else HACCP certified!! sounds like we SHOULD start a club!!

I used to take a food thermometer to restaurants with me when dining out!! How OCD is that????? Yes that ServeSafe training is enough to make you not want to eat anything ever again. I remember thinking so what do we eat???? Paper?????(Sanitized paper of course!!)

 

[Mickey~Mouse]

I used to take a food thermometer to restaurants with me when dining out!! How OCD is that????? Yes that ServeSafe training is enough to make you not want to eat anything ever again. I remember thinking so what do we eat???? Paper?????(Sanitized paper of course!!)

actually that is not that OCD. Everyone I know does this! Most of my friends etc are state Inspectors, or FDA or USDA...so it is not weird at all! At least to ME! lol THAT is probably weird in itself!