On Wed 26 Oct 2005 07:27:40p, Mr Libido Incognito wrote in
rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote on 26 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> On Wed 26 Oct 2005 06:51:13p, Ranee Mueller wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > In article >,
>> > OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yep. :-)
>> >> And IMHO it makes the roasting time for the turkey a lot more
>> >> predictable. It's just TOO easy to overcook a bird to get all that
>> >> stuffing roasted. Perfect stuffing, dried out bird meat. :-(
>> >
>> > I agree.
>> >
>> >> I know it's traditional to stuff a bird, but is it _really_
>> >> necessary?????
>> >>
>> >> Not for me! Not anymore.
>> >
>> > Me neither. My mom made the best bread stuffing, not soggy like
>> > most
>> > people, it was still in distinct parts, so you could see the bread
>> > and the celery and parsley, etc. I still love it, but my husband is
>> > not a fan of bread stuffing. He ate my mom's to be polite, and when
>> > we were first married, I'd make a bread stuffing and a rice
>> > stuffing, Since I was the one eating most of it, it wasn't worth
>> > doing so much, and there is the issue of longer cooking time for the
>> > bird. We make a wild rice dressing that we cook outside of the bird
>> > and if my mom comes, she often makes her stuffing and cooks it
>> > separately, and that's how we handle it now. I actually prefer an
>> > unstuffed bird now.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Ranee
>>
>> Ranee, I would be very interested in your wild rice dressing if you
>> care to share.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
> I just add a lb of crumbled cooked bulk breakfast sausage meat, whole
> pecan halves and cooked wild rice to the James Beard standard stuffing
> recipe. And cook it outside the bird. My kids prefer it uncovered so it
> gets a little crunchy. I like it covered so it stays soft.

That sounds good, Alan. I've made James Beard's recipe before, albeit
relatively unembelished. I love pecans in dressing. I'm with your kids on
uncovered and crunchy!

> But I'm not Ranee nor do I play her on TV.

Well, hopefully, we'll get to see what Ranee has to say on the subject, as
well. :-)


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