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Thanksgiving Recipes - Pear, Prosciutto & Hazelnut Stuffing
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Thanksgiving Recipe - Vegetarian Stuffing
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Tasty Tours, Thanksgiving Recipes and Famous Food Editors - The Los Angeles Times in 60 Seconds
Stuffing. Photo: tiny banquet committee, Flickr.
- In a city where it seems most everyone drives everywhere, two sisters lead a taste tour, on foot.
- But a trip on the light rail can be just as delicious.
- Now that Gourmet is gone -- and with it, Ruth Reichl -- Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild steps into the spotlight at Condé Nast.
- A round-up of gravy and stuffing recipes from the Los Angeles Times' test kitchen.
- Drinking juice at breakfast? You might as well be chugging soda.
- Raising your child on a vegetarian diet? If so, meat may become the forbidden fruit.
- Even though the picks may not be perfect, it's lime season in California.
- Dining guide "EAT: Los Angeles 2010" hits bookstore shelves Dec. 1.
Thanksgiving Recipes - Oyster-Cornbread Stuffing
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The Copious Courses of YumSugar
Day-old bread. Photo: YumSugar.
Turning fresh bread into day-old bread (that's perfect for stuffing) only takes 15 minutes.
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On Holidash - Lazy Drinking and the Stuffing v. Dressing Debate
Do you like cocktails without putting in the effort of making them? Proving that there's something for everyone, you can pick up a Lazydrinker to bartend your holiday party, and all other libation-required celebrations in its wake.And then there's the stuffing v. dressing debate. Do you stuff the bird? Do you dress it? What is the right way to handle that popular Thanksgiving side?
Stuffing Your Face
Whether you call it filling, dressing, or stuffing (and whether you know that, to some, there is a distinction between each); whether you make it from sourdough, cornbread, or white bread (or spelt if you're sensitive to wheat or are Ancient Roman); whether you embellish it with chestnuts, oysters, cranberries or chorizo; no Thanksgiving table is complete without stuffing.
It plumps up in the roasting turkey's cavity and then cozies up to the finished product on your plate -- and both benefit, as your taste buds do (though your waistline doesn't), from a generous dousing of gravy. Like meatloaf, there are as many recipes for it as there are cooks to prepare it, and, also like meatloaf, nearly every cook thinks theirs is definitive. To its fans, the reason we call it stuffing is not the technical definition -- a working understanding of which could be "any food that fills, at least theoretically, a cavity in another food" -- but the obvious fact that you "stuff" it into "your face."
Sausage bread stuffing - Traditional with a twist

This recipe, it's the one I've always loved. Nothing comes close to the delicious simplicity of sausage and bread stuffing, and this one has become a favorite of family and friends. I'll include the recipe as-is, and offer a list of suggestions on how to twist it below.
Bread stuffing for a 5 lb bird:
Note: This is all a matter of taste. You can go for the exact amount that matches your bird's weight, or make by sight -- preparing the bread first makes it easier to determine.
Ingredients:
1 lb First Prize Sausage -- pick any good and flavorful sausage
1/2 cup minced onions
1/2 cup minced celery
1/4 cup minced parsley
10 slices of bread cubed
1 1/2 tsp Bell's seasoning
1 beaten egg
- Saute sausage until crispy, drain, then rinse with water. (I usually leave out the rinse.)
- Saute the onions and celery, then mix with the sausage and add Bell's.
- Mix together the parsley and bread, add the saute mix, then the egg.
- Squeeze and mix the stuffing with your hands until it sticks together. If it looks too dry, add some broth or water.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to stuff turkey.
- add a variety of mushrooms to the mix
- use a mix of sausages -- Mennonite, elk, etc.
- use a gourmet bread and approximate the same amount
Thanksgiving: Late-night turkey sandwich (The Moistmaker!)
I was thinking about the Friends episode where Ross goes crazy because someone at work eats the "Moistmaker" turkey sandwich that sister Monica made for him, and oddly enough, I came across this recipe for the sandwich at fredericksburg.com (scroll down on their site), also inspired by the Friends episode. The secret is the slice of gravy-soaked bread in the middle! Recipe after the jump, along with a special video clip to get you in the mood.Continue reading Thanksgiving: Late-night turkey sandwich (The Moistmaker!)
Thanksgiving: Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Apples
I made this last year and everyone seemed to love it. I think it was slightly overcooked but it still tasted great.
I come from a family that makes a traditional Stouffer's stuffing, with lots of herbs and spices, and I love it, but I love cornbread too, and this Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Apples (seen on Sara's Secrets on Food Network a while back) is a great side dish. I used spicy sausage but you might want to try the mild stuff.
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The Ultimate Thanksgiving: Bon Appetit in 60 seconds
Everything you need to know, kitchen-wise, about Thanksgiving, including four different kinds of turkey and gravy, four different kinds of stuffing, six different types of potatoes, and even four variations on cranberry sauce. - What to do with the turkey carcass.
- What to cook the other 29 days of November.
- Gifts for the cook on your list.
- Ideas for a simple, chic holiday party.
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I think I've gained 35 pounds this week
I always have the best plans around the holidays when it comes to food. I always have some mathmatical formula where I'm going to consume the least amount of calories possible. If I don't have any cookies, I can drink more. If I don't have any of my sister's brownies, I can have a third helping of stuffing.
It never works out though. I go back for seconds at my sister's house (ham, lasagna, chicken breasts, green bean casserole, various desserts), then have a turkey sandwich and stuffing later that night at home. I go to my other sister's Xmas Eve party and find myself eating pasta salad and grazing on tortilla chips, cheese, and trifle all night (and six beers - "light," but still). Then, on Xmas Day, another meal, this one consisting of turkey, oatmeal and sausage stuffing, yams with marshmallow topping, a bottle of wine, Oreo Cookie cake and cheesecake.
What did you have to eat the past few days?
What did you have for Thanksgiving?
So here it is, the day after, and if you're like me, you ate way too much food yesterday.
I got to my sister's house around 11am or so, and started the day with a couple of cups of tea. Then we moved onto the meal, where I had turkey, mashed potatoes, bread stuffing, carrots, cranberry sauce, and rolls. I also made a Cornbread with Apple and Sausage stuffing that seemed to go over well, though I think it was a little dry (if you make that recipe I would either cut the number of stuffing bags to 1 1/2 or up the liquid quite a bit). I had a couple of can of Diet Coke during the meal, so I think that made me feel better about the day.
Of course, I wasn't through yet. Later in the afternoon came all the desserts. I had a piece of my sister's Pumpkin and Cheese Cake Pie, then a slice of Boston Creme Pie. When I left for home around 7:30, I took a place with me that had two slices of banana bread, another slice of the Pumpkin and Cheese Cake Pie, another slice of Boston Creme Pie, and two brownies. All of which I ate when I got home, along with a turkey and stuffing sandwich from the stuff my roommate made earlier in the day. Wow. What did you have to eat yesterday?
(Oh, and I also started feeling rundown last night, and woke up this morning with a head cold, scratchy throat, tired feeling, etc. Am I being punished by the diet Gods?)
Food Porn: Tofu Stuffed with Brown Rice and Mushroom Dressing

Forget the Tofurkey. Susan, the amazing vegan cook behind Fat Free Vegan Kitchen, has come up with a much more appetizing vegan alternative to the omnivore's turkey dinner. She made Tofu Stuffed with Brown Rice and Mushroom Dressing. The dish has the classic elements of stuffing and gravy, but is missing, of course, the meat. Susan marinates her tofu so that it absorbs some flavor before cooking, but it is pretty clear that the bulk of the flavor comes from what is inside the tofu. The stuffing has rosemary, sage, garlic and onion, along with nutty brown rice and mushrooms. The gravy is thickened with tofu, but has similar seasonings, along with a bit of nutritional yeast, which is often added to vegan dishes to give them an ever-so-slightly cheesy flavor. Her post also includes detailed photo instructions for cutting the pockets in the tofu to hold the stuffing.
Vegan or not - this sounds like an appealing fall meal for any Sunday dinner.
The best and worst Thanksgiving foods

To quote Tom Cruise on The Today Show, "Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt..."
Matt Wilson over at Cracked.com gives his list of the Best and Worst Thanksgiving Food. I made a prediction before I even read the piece that turkey, stuffing, and pie would be in the "best" category, while green bean casseroles and yams would be in the "worst." Well, I was partly right. He actually lists turkey in the "worst" category!
Whaaaaa?
He gives big props to pie, corn on the cob, and yams though. He doesn't like the cranberry sauce in a can, and it makes me wonder if he even knows you don't have to have it in can, you can actually make fresh stuff yourself!
Matt, seriously, how can you not like turkey? Are you a Communist? (Funny part about the family awkwardness though.)
So what are your favorite ane least favorite Thanksgiving Day foods?













