On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:05:04 -0800, "Nexis" > wrote:

>There's so many version of stuffing/dressing out there! Me, I'm very
>traditionalist when it comes to stuffing and dressing. I make mine the same
>as my mom did, and her mom before her, with the only change being that I use
>both white and wheat bread as opposed to all white. Well, I also chop my
>onion and celery a heck of alot more finely than my mom, but there both in
>there, so it's not a huge change. One thing I do *not* like is any fruit in
>there. No raisins, apples, cranberries, nothing. I've never been big on the
>whole savory fruit dish idea.
>
>Who out there uses fruit in their stuffing? What do you use? Is it out of
>tradition? Or because you really prefer it?
>
>Just...you know...curious

We like it in ours. I use apples, and I often throw in a dried fruit
too, depends on what I have in the pantry. This year, it's dried
cherries. I also use nuts - this year it will be roasted hazelnuts.
The sage I use is fresh from my herb garden -- I've had that sage
plant since 1990, and it's travelled with me to 4 different abodes.
Wouldn't be Thanksgiving without having to traipse out in the "cold"
to snip some sage for the dressing :-)

TammyM, Sacramento where the high temp yesterday was 70-ish