| Stuffing Your Turkey
Posted: 10/31/2009 6:15:15 PM | Im noticing some of the cooking shows are roasting turkey sans stuffing in the cavity...
are you or have you changed your tradition of stuffing the bird? On cook said it was no longer "PC" to stuff a Turkey. Does anyone know of a friend or family member sickend by bad stuffing...In all your years of stuffing and serving your turkey, have you had a stuffing disaster? | |
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Posted: 10/31/2009 7:28:05 PM | I have never had one, but I have heard of a very few. I have not changed my tradition because it was never my tradition to stuff the turkey. I have, however, on non-Thanksgiving days, stuffed a small turkey with rice, sausage, seafood and/or fruit stuffings. I have NEVER stuffed my turkey with my cornbread dressing.
You know how it is today, people are so litigious that tv representatives want to cover the bases. A few people act ignorant, so everyone panics.
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Posted: 10/31/2009 7:50:45 PM | I do not stuff my turkey with my sausage stuffing because I like the golden brown crunch on the outside by baking it seperate. The important thing with stuffing a bird with anything is to stuff it right before you roast it. It has more of a chance of growing bacteria if you stuff it in advance. You also have to allow extra cooking time to compensate for the stuffing. The best bet is to use a meat thermometor  | |
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Posted: 10/31/2009 10:26:13 PM | | I make a sausage and bread stuffing from a recipe that has been in the family for years and I have never had anyone get sick and have never heard of anyone through the years ever getting sick. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 12:33:09 AM | And coffee is bad for you, and eggs are bad, and so is real milk, and cream, and discipline for children.... Kee-ripes on a cracker- if you pay attention to every nut-job idiot on the TV with a cooking show you'd never eat anything.
I make a killer stuffing- lots of veggies, fresh turkey stock, sausage... 2/3 of it stuffed into the bird, the other third in a casserole so it gets a little crunch to it.
In 30 years of thanksgivings and holidays and 'just because we want one' never had anyone get sick from anything on the table. It just takes watching out for cross-contamination, knowing the right temperatures, and not letting anything sit out.
Although I will admit to one stuffing disaster. First T-day after I was married, had some friends over for dinner, serving about 6 as I recall... Completely ran out of stuffing before everyone was served. It was horrible. Not even a speck left in the hidden hollows of the bird. Almost ruined an otherwise good meal. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 12:45:03 AM | My stuffing sounds similar ^ 
Growing up I had a best friend whose mom was not a very good cook at all. I remember one year her family got very sick from Christmas dinner, I believe it was due to an undercooked bird though... not the stuffing. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 4:27:28 AM | I grew up on stuffed turkey so yes I turn my head and ignore people that say it is unsafe.
It's safe as long as it's done right but then again whoever said it's no longer PC isn't much of a chef. I also eat raw eggs... | |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 4:23:18 AM | Traditionally, while growing up on the east coast, my family always cooked the stuffing in the bird. But years later, when I moved to the midwest, it seemed more and more people baked and served theirs separately, and I questioned why call it "stuffing" if it aint stuffed. At the time, the practice had nothing to do with the danger of bacteria, under-cooking or being spoiled, etc. - it was simply a regional style of cooking. The stuffing (or "dressing," if you will) I was introduced to in Indiana was wetter and had many varieties/flavors involving moister vegetables and other ingredients. So putting a wet stuffing in the bird would have been nasty.
The stuffing I grew up on was a drier, sage dressing - it was just our family tradition - but the drier always cooked thoroughly in the bird, and quite frankly, we never had leftovers beyond 2 days to worry about the bird or the stuffing going bad.
Today, I like both versions. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 5:52:52 AM | In my family, my G-mom's/Mom's cornbread stuffing/dressing was the star of the day.
Since were are a big family and hosted, large birds were the norm...so Mom would stuff the bird and put dresing around the bird in any open space in the roasting pan. The dressing out of the bird crisped- up while the one in the bird was like a savory-sweet corn pudding...both excelent. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 2:24:12 PM | | I personally have never known anyone to get sick from stuffing inside the turkey. Our family used to fight over the crunchy peice. So we make extra and put them in muffin cups. Each has its own crunchy top and is great sliced on leftover sandwhiches. | |
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Posted: 11/2/2009 2:53:17 PM | I don't stuff my turkey, not because of health issues, I just like the dressing dryer and with a crunchy brown crust.
Last year I cooked it all in muffin tins, as the poster above mentioned and loved the idea. Left overs went into a big zip loc bag.
They were nice for the food my kids always carry home with them after dinner too, just sent them with stuffin muffins in sandwich bags.
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Posted: 11/2/2009 3:16:16 PM | i cant imagine having roast turkey without the stuffing inside the bird......it would be criminal.........moms stuffing is this:
toast 2 loaves of white bread
1/2 stick of melted butter
4 eggs
dice a cup of celery and a cup of onions
2 teaspoons of pepper
3 or 4 teaspoons of salt
2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning [with sage]
moisten with milk or chicken broth
mix well by hand and stuff the bird
this is the best stuffing i've ever had...proubly because its moms....but only amish potato filling comes close | |
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Posted: 11/3/2009 5:37:03 PM | | Never...mom still does it...wouldnt have it any other way....as long as the turkey soaks over night in salt water....nothin to worry about... | |
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Posted: 11/22/2009 5:57:38 PM | We've always had stuffed turkey and today I bought a 15 lb. fresh turkey and I'm going to stuff it the way always have, with Pepperidge Farm seasoned crumbs with sauteed celery and onion. I put as much stuffing inside as I can and whatever's leftover will go in a separate casserole dish. I always like the stuffing from inside the turkey the best.
Don't know anyone who ever got sick. I was researching cooking times today, I think it said 15-20 minutes per l pound of turkey, and add an extra 10 minutes per pound if it's stuffed "to be on the safe side." Sounds a bit long to me though.
I don't use a cooking bag, just roast it in a pan covered loosely with foil and baste occasionally. Helpful tips appreciated.
We had a stuffed turkey at work on Thursday and even though the woman who made it didn't think it was "done enough on the inside" we ate it (meat and stuffing) and no one got sick.
vvvvv we also always took all the stuffing out of the turkey after it's done cooking. | |
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Posted: 11/22/2009 6:06:12 PM | | Never heard of turkey without dressing in it, sounds like a bit of a waste of flavor. Put dressing in just prior to roasting and never leave dressing in the bird to be held for left overs, don't know why but was the golden rule of my parents. | |
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Posted: 11/22/2009 8:02:18 PM | OP
I remember my aunt stuffing the bird with oyster stuffing as well as cooking it seperate but never saw my Mom stuff a bird with anything but a stick of daddy's butter(we weren't allowed to eat his butter) oranges cut in half, some celery sticks, some onions and garlic she put some grass in it and always thought that was weird till I grew up enough to realize it was thyme,sage and rosemary ..hahahaaha... she always rubbed the big bird with a stick of butter to. then she would put it in the oven and let it cook what seemed like forever then she would pull it out cover the top with aluminum foil stick it back in the oven again for what seemed forever then about 1 pm she would have everything done and we ate.
However now I know about how long it cooks and what all she did..
But as for me I stuff mine with the oranges,butter,onions,garlic,and (the grass) lol and I rub mine with canola oil season with pepper,salt,and a touch of red pepper(cayenne)
I start mine around 6 am, I prep it the night before so it sits in fridge ready to go at 6 am
and for the last 7yrs or so mine has always been so tender and tasty and mmmmmmmmm goood
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Posted: 11/22/2009 8:56:17 PM | | i have never had stuffing in my turkey as i bbq it with apples in the cavity to hold the rotisserie spit strait and the apples bake inside and let the juice run into the meat, | |
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Posted: 11/22/2009 10:08:43 PM | | in the past, when i cooked a turkey i both stuffed it and made extra. however, the man cooking the turkey for our thanksgiving potluck recently informed me that he follows someone on tv, who says NOT to stuff the turkey. instead, like above, he puts stuff inside the cavity, but just not the stuffing. i say whoever cooks the turkey can decide what s/he he wants to do. meanwhile, the stuffing is one of my responsibilities and haven't yet figured out what i am going to do! | |
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Posted: 11/22/2009 10:10:42 PM | Well, anything you put inside the cavity could be considered "stuffing." So you're stuffing it with other stuff than breading... apples, oranges, celery, garlic, butter, whatever, it's still "stuffing."  | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 1:01:06 AM | | the only time i don't stuff the turkey is when i'm deep frying it, and when i do, there is always a back up bird with stuffing in it cause it's criminal to have turkey without stuffing | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 1:42:53 AM | Deep fried stuffing...
Thats next years winner at the State Fair of Texas...
...or is that a Hush Puppy? | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 1:48:12 AM | For my stuffing I fry up some sausage meat until almost done. Then add chopped garlic, celery, onion, and some grated carrot saute it all a little longer. I Let this cool for a bit, add one large bag 10-12 serving size stuffing mix, and some well toasted brown bread cubed up... mix really well and then, I also put in some extra poultry seasonings, black pepper and 2-3 cups of chicken stock.
Toasted walnuts are also good in this stuffing. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 11:11:25 AM | I haven't cooked stuffing in a turkey in probably the last 15 years. I make it in the crockpot. I used to feed half the police force on holidays and the stuffing is the one reason I can still get out of a ticket lol
I sautee celery and onions in butter the night before and mix that with browned sage sausage. I add several spices to include poultry spice, sage, thyme, salt and pepper.
The next day I put 2 bags of seasoned bread cubes in the crockpot. I pour the mixture from the night before over it (usually it has to be microwaved first) and then add chicken stock. It cooks for 4 hours and comes out so moist with so much flavor because of the slow cooking. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 11:25:42 AM | I've never claimed to be much of a cook, but I have made my fair share of turkey dinners over the years. I have never stuffed the bird, prefering to bake my stuffing (dressing is the term my family uses) separately. My dressing? A simple cubed bread, sage spcied with celery, onion, butter and chicken stock. I'm in the midwest....nothing fancy here.
I just love reading these threads in this forum. You all put me to shame with your talent. And make me very hungry. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 11:44:21 AM | I'm also enjoying reading all the different ways people cook their turkeys and stuffing and/or dressing. I'm assuming the pre-seasoned bread crumbs I bought have the sage flavoring. I bought REAL butter (no substitutions this time) and chicken broth to use instead of water, too.  | |
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