Originally Posted by
macdonaldj2
I consider myself a good cook, however my mother makes stuffing that to this day baffeles me. I know there are the usual culprits are involved, but I have never figured it out. She cooks some inside the turkey, but mine is cooked separately, I like mine on the extremely dry/burnt side. Makes me sad that i'll miss Thanksgiving this year
My mother made the best stuffing ever. I crave it sometimes. But she has cancer and no longer cooks - this year we might not even be able to enjoy a real family dinner. For the first time in my memory I am dreading the holidays. I just cant imagine it without her or her turkey and stuffing.
I have a different variation each year. Last year was black olives, sundried tomatoes, roasted sweet onions and fresh rosemary with some sort of cubed bread. Gravy was a peppercorn shiraz reduction with turkey drippings, diced sundried tomatoes and a bit of the black olives ground into a tapenade to balance it all out.
This year I'm fancying some sort of multi-layered porchetta stuffing, but that may just turn into a turducken-type nightmare.
It all depends on what I end up having time for (& what's on sale) the week before. I'm kind of a last minute cook in the kitchen and tend to stress everyone out because no one really knows what's coming out of the kitchen.
I think Turkey and stuffing is just one of those things you can't fancy up. It fills the soul, and the simpler it is, the better a job at that it does.