Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing

3-4 loaves of white bread (or 5 if you like leftovers)
water
chicken broth
insides of the turkey
2 bunches of celery
1 or 2 onions
2 Tablespoon butter
1/2 tsp. sage
oysters (optional)
mushrooms (option)

The night before you want to eat the stuffing, break the bread into small
pieces (about 1 inch squares) into 2 huge bowls or pots. Let the bread sit
overnight to dry out. The next day, after you remove the insides of
turkey, boil them in water in 2/3 qt. sauce pan until cooked (about 20/30
minutes). Remove insides for later use or discard. Keep water and put
aside. Preheat oven to 350F. Chop onion and celery and place into food
processor until minced. Melt 2-3 tablespoons of butter in large saucepan.
Saute onion and celery until heated through. Do not brown! (Saute
mushrooms also at this time if wanted). Depending on how much stuffing you
want and how much celery and onion you've chopped, you may have to saute
the onion and celery in two parts. Once cooked, pour the onion/celery
mixture directly over the dried out bread. Pour 1/2 tsp. sage over
bread/onion/celery mixture. Then take your reserved water and pour slowly
over bread. The bread will shrink as you do this. Be careful not to pour
too much water in. Mix thoroughly and smell/taste for perfect stuffing. If
you need more liquid, open a can of chicken broth and pour over bread. If
you need more spice, add more sage. If you are using oysters, add them
now. Once stuffing is of a consistency that it will stick together and
does not look too dry, do not add more liquid. Either stuff in turkey to
be baked in oven, or put in 9 x 13 pan. If using oysters, it is
recommended that you bake the stuffing in a pan so as to ensure the
oysters will be cooked through. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes to
an hour. You want the stuffing to have a nice brown crust on top.

P.S. If you are cooking the stuffing in a pan and not inside the turkey,
try
stuffing the turkey with small apples. It smells wonderful and the apples
have a great flavor when you take them out.



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