Thanksgiving Side of the Day: Sausage and Kale Dressing by Sara Levine in Holidays, November 15th, 2010
The age-old question remains: What’s the difference between stuffing and dressing? Traditional wisdom holds that stuffing is actually cooked inside the turkey, while dressing is cooked separately and served alongside. Makes sense, right? But in my experience, it really comes down to geography. My family (from New York and Pennsylvania) never stuffs the bird, but we always call our savory bread pudding-style side dish ”stuffing.” Go further South, and everything is “dressing,” as I learned at my first Thanksgiving with my fiancé’s family in Louisiana.
I’m not sure why Food Network Magazine decided to call this one dressing—maybe there was a Southerner in the room. Call it what you wish; it’s filled with many ingredients I love—kale, fennel sausage, focaccia—and is definitely going to show up on my spread this year.
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I think pretty much everyone I know from Texas calls it dressing. I'm a southern DFW Texas girl n i agree cornbread dressing is the best if u try it of course made the right way u wouldn't go back 2 anything else :)
I'm from the South (Georgia) and we call it dressing. Never stuffed it always baked it separately. Cream of mushroom, chicken stock, celery (sauteed), onion (sauteed), Pepperidge farm bread cubes baked to perfection. I SO LOVE THE HOLIDAYS!!!!!!
I home from Houston Texas and we call it Dressing… I always make a Cornbread-Sausage Dressing!!! The only dressing my family will eat. I think the difference between Stuffing and Dressing in my experience is Dressing always seems to be super moist!
I'm a midwesterner with German heritage. Our family always makes dressing, which is made with ground beef, apples, raisins, bread, and a few other savory ingredients. Very moist and delicious. Never goes in the bird, always served as a side dish.
I'm from Virginia originally, and my wife is from Ohio. We both grew up calling it stuffing. We moved to Louisiana a little over a year ago, and here everyone calls it dressing. Pretty much boils down to geography.
In central PA we called it "filling". I also heard "stuffing, but never "dressing".
In my home it's Dressing! I don't want the bird's liquid cooked into my bread! Yuck!!! You cook dressing the right way. Being soft (not cut like a slice of cake.) with giblet gravy and cranberry sauce. I make my own cornbread in a cast iron skillet.
Here in SC I grew up with if it's made from breadcrumbs it's stuffing . If it's made from cornbread it's dressing. I like both I don't think it matters what you call it as long as it's good
I'm a Cajun from Louisiana and we always call it dressing. We have both kinds of dressing for every holiday; cornbread dressing and rice dressing. Dressing is a staple for any meal when there is a celebration. Most of us down here never use old cubed bread to make stuffing or dressing. We use rice or cornbread. We are very serious about our food.
Stuffing is made with some type of bread were as dressing is made with cornbread.