Stouffer’s comes in second.
You’ve never had my mother-in-law’s stuffing.
No, my mother-in-law isn’t the most infuriating woman on Betazed.
Also, she actually knows how to cook for herself. She doesn’t order her giant servant to do it for her.
Was just a joke. Nothing personal. I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving.
“Stuffing” and “mother-in-law” are generally two words you do not use in the same sentence.
There’s a part of me that wants to suggest recipes to save you from this nightmare, but your ignorance is your bliss and it comes from a readily available, cheap and easy to prepare cardboard box.
Truly, a conundrum.
In my 40 years, I have had many home made recipes. I have never found them comparable for one weirdly indulgent reason - salt. I think the salt content for better or worse is what drives me to the boxed stuff, especially now with the huge (and reasonable!) drive toward low sodium broth. I don’t know why, but boxed stuffing/dressing is my favorite food.
I’m with you. Maybe it’s because I’ve never had truly good homemade stuffing? It’s always a weird, damp, spongy mess. But that box of Stove Top, ready in minutes? I’ll eat the whole thing by myself. It’s also great to have an extra box to go with the leftovers, especially for the sandwiches.
I think that’s totally fine, as much as some might want to turn this into a “Ketchup on Steak” kind of holy war.
I grew up on StoveTop and I do think it’s yummy.
My mother in law makes a stuffing that’s essentially potatoes, bread, onions, whatever other seasonings, and yes a good bit of salt. (I haven’t helped make it I admit, so I could be doing it a disservice to describe it that way)
She even cooks some of it inside the turkey and some of it outside, though it never really gets soggy.
As far as I’m concerned, you could throw out the entire rest of Thanksgiving dinner and just give me a big bowl of that.
You’re damn right that a lotta stuffings end up undersalted. And I’m not gonna tell you the boxed stuffing isn’t tasty. (My “nightmare” comment is totally hyperbolic and flippant, but we’re having fun here I hope)
But I have a friend who makes it with sausage and sage herbed brown butter and I’m confident it’s a box beater. Heck of a lot more work, though.
This is incredibly true.
Most of my family just does really dumb stuff with stuffing. Celery? Fucking gross, get that slimy wood out of my food. Putting it in the turkey? Far too soggy. I understand some people want to call it “dressing” instead of “stuffing” if it’s not “stuffed” into the bird, but I don’t care. If you want to get pedantic I’ll just say dressing > stuffing.
The worst is overseasoned stuffing. Under-sessoned stuffing can be saved by gravy. But I’ve had stuffing that’s way too salty, or just completely overwhelmed with black pepper.
The boxes stuff? Perfectly acceptable every time. A variety of flavors: traditional is great, but don’t be sleeping on cornbread either.
I’ve had some pretty good stuffing in restaurants. And I suspect it comes straight from the same factory as the boxed stuff too. I’m sure I could make a slightly better stuffing myself from scratch, but not significantly better enough to merit the increased cost, time, and kitchen resources.
Sounds like none of y’all have had newfie dry dressing and it fuckin shows.
Y’all use the most disgusting overly wet stuffing in the world and then get surprised when it’s shit.
OK, but “savoury” as an ingredient? Otherwise it is basically the same, though I don’t know what is implied by mentioning a flavor profile as an ingredient.
That savoury makes the difference. It isn’t a flavor profile though. It’s a dried herb. Summer Savoury. In Newfoundland it’s just called savoury all the time. No, I don’t know why. Confused the hell out of me too when I was younger.
TIL… thanks. I might try to get ahold of some of that here, but the 2k mile shipping might not be worth it.
