tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486119080470078184.post3168786826430386861..comments2012-01-04T08:14:05.526-08:00Comments on Cheap Comfort: ThanksgivingSarah Ervinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086950488347169424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486119080470078184.post-42869462894566225822011-09-22T09:23:22.605-07:002011-09-22T09:23:22.605-07:00I like stuffing in the mode you mention. I've ...I like stuffing in the mode you mention. I've been known to make a small amount to go with a chicken, and eat the results for days after. But you need the apple cider and the juice of the fruit in the stuffing to get all nice and caramelized with the turkey juices. Mom's turkey gravy is almost as dark as my hair. Except without a white streak.Sarah Ervinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086950488347169424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486119080470078184.post-62333745793683728412011-09-13T06:18:41.348-07:002011-09-13T06:18:41.348-07:00You need to play Kingdom of Loathing, if you don&#...You need to play Kingdom of Loathing, if you don't already. "You drink the gravy. What the hell is wrong with you?!"<br /><br />Also, stuffing goes in the turkey. Unless you're a complete moron, it will cook through, and you will not die/vomit horribly from uncooked turkey juice. Stick a probe in it and check if you wish, but in the 30 years I've had Mom's turkeys (I missed the year in Leicester) and the one year I bothered to make one myself (shortly before Leicester, because dammit, I wanted Thanksgiving, so I did it with friends in late July/early August--it was a hit, by the way) I've never gotten sick.<br /><br />Also, while I'm sure your mother's stuffing is excellent, it is not as good as my mother's, by virtue of the fact that your mother is not my mother. Ours is extra-simple. Save all the heels, lonely last pieces of bread, and random hot dog/hamburger buns over the course of a year in the freezer. Storebought only--homemade remnants become breadcrumbs or croutons, and might I mention that Mom's banana bread croutons are the crack cocaine of the crouton world? Also, do not use weird loaves that had nuts and crap in them--the sunflower seeds et. al go....uggy....in the stuffing.<br /><br />Tear these remnants of bread into a giant metal mixing bowl, big enough to bath a six month old child in. Do this Wednesday night, after you get back from Mexican food because really, we're only in Eugene for two weeks and need our various restaurant fixes (also, because Mom made four pies that day and is a bit...cranky).<br /><br />Chop an entire bunch of celery--including leaves--and I don't know how many onions (2? 3?). In the morning, sauté the onions and celery in vast quantities of butter, then season with a shot glass full of dry-rubbed sage and dried time (and presumably salt). Toss in with the bread. Sodomize the prepped turkey with the stuffing, then take the remaining stuffing and cram it into whatever baking dishes you have left (most of them will be used to hold your other delicious sides), and rotate these through the oven, periodically basting with the turkey juices. Mix gooey delicious turkey stuffing with the crispy delicious oven baked stuffing in that giant bowl that held the torn bread the night before.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946632770905909343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486119080470078184.post-12704530777560483162010-12-04T01:02:14.172-08:002010-12-04T01:02:14.172-08:00I'm not sure what I think of pineapple in the ...I'm not sure what I think of pineapple in the stuffing, but walnuts sound brilliant. But I shall keep an open mind. At the very least, one of the people probably reading this had words of high praise for your stuffing this year.Sarah Ervinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086950488347169424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486119080470078184.post-9318912552089162592010-12-04T00:40:17.180-08:002010-12-04T00:40:17.180-08:00This year the stuffing also had pineapple juice an...This year the stuffing also had pineapple juice and walnuts in it. Your Dad often helps cut the contents of the stuffing and I must remind him to cut it in small pieces, especially the oranges.Nancy the Momnoreply@blogger.com