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Miss Manners on Thanksgiving offerings
Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:03:45 -0500, ravenlynne
> > arranged random neurons and said:
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>> On 11/24/2010 5:21 PM, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:14:33 -0500, ravenlynne
>>> > arranged random neurons and said:
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>>>> My grandmother used to make great oyster dressing...I'm the only one I
>>>> know who likes it so I don't bother.
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>>> Bill loves oyster dressing, but no one else does *and* IMHO, oysters
>>> do NOT belong inside a turkey! His mother was born and raised in
>>> Baltimore, so I suspect that's the source of this ill conceived idea
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>>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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>> But dressing doesn't go inside of a turkey!
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>> And I agree lol.
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> <eyeball rolling> Okay, here's what the Free Dictionary sez:
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> dress·ing (drsng)
> n.
> 1. A therapeutic or protective material applied to a wound.
> 2. A sauce for certain dishes, such as salads.
> 3. A stuffing, as for poultry or fish.
> 4. Manure or other fertilizing material for soil.
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> I think the terms "dressing" and "stuffing" are pretty much regional
> and interchangeable.
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> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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Yep.
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