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What southerners refer to as dressing, northerners call stuffing. Oyster stuffing is typically linked back to the chowda' capital of New England, but the variation has made its way onto tables from sea to shining sea. In this variation, chopped oysters and bourbon add some extra moisture (and holiday spirit) to turkey's best supporting actor.

Get the recipe to this classic along with many others after the jump.

It's almost Thanksgiving, and besides turkey, pies, and way too many football games, it means stuffing. Gourmet magazine has 11 great recipes in their November issue.

There are the stuffing recipes you've probably heard of, like Sage Stuffing, Herbed Bread Stuffing, Herbed Oyster, and Wild Rice, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Stuffing, but here's one you've probably not thought of: Jeweled Rice and Dried Fruit.

Actually, I think that one sounds a lot more common than another one on the list, the Poblano Chile and Pumpkin Seed Stuffing. That sounds just funky enough to have half of your family at the table say, "wow, cool, I'll try some" and the other half say "what the heck is that?"