On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:55:28 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:37:25 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know about Jill, but I know for a fact that I've never had
>> stuffing or dressing with egg in it.
>>
>I wonder where using egg came from? It must not be a Northern thing.
>My mother didn't use egg either. I learned egg from my sister in law,
>who was a native Californian, but she didn't use mass quantities so it
>seemed like my mother's. I guess that's why I could never understand
>the "why" about using eggs.


It is certainly common with Ashkenazi Jews here in the US who use
challah for turkey or chicken stuffing. Many (but not all, of course)
"Jewish style" stuffings made with challah tend to have eggs.

Keep in mind that these are beaten eggs used as texturizer/binding,
not hard boiled ones used just for ...well...I don't know what hard
boiled eggs would be doing in stuffing, yet the Marilyn Monroe
stuffing recipe the NY Times published last week contained them and
the reporter said the end result was tasty.

Boron