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It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
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Reg said:
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It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
I once saw a report about demographic specific food marketing that used stuffing/dressing as an example. It was said that in order to better target African American families one company began calling their boxed stuffing product dressing.
Interesting. I used to call it stuffing -- as did my family. Then it occurred to me (a big DUH moment) that we don't stuff the bird with it, we cook it along side. I now call it dressing. FTR, my dressing is on the drier side, not like the wet goo stuffing I grew up with!
TammyM
Hey Ho Tammy! My idiosyncratic terminology seems to agree with you. Stuffing is stuffed; in a bird or in pork, etc. Dressing is cooked separately.
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Reg said:
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It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
I once saw a report about demographic specific food marketing that used stuffing/dressing as an example. It was said that in order to better target African American families one company began calling their boxed stuffing product dressing.
Interesting. I used to call it stuffing -- as did my family. Then it occurred to me (a big DUH moment) that we don't stuff the bird with it, we cook it along side. I now call it dressing. FTR, my dressing is on the drier side, not like the wet goo stuffing I grew up with!
TammyM
Hey Ho Tammy! My idiosyncratic terminology seems to agree with you. Stuffing is stuffed; in a bird or in pork, etc. Dressing is cooked separately.
It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
It's a regional difference. Like bag/sack, or stringbeans/green beans, or fry pan/frying pan/skillet, or frosting/icing.
But there are probably areas of overlap where they're used for slightly different things.
I took an informal poll. I asked everybody I could, about a dozen people in all, what they were serving with their turkeys. Not a single person "dressed" the bird, but at least ten were stuffing it. I asked each of the people who said "stuff", whether they thought that stuffing and dressing were the same. Most didn't even bother to answer, not thinking that such a stupid question deserved an answer.
The gourmet stores that send out circulars listing their holiday foods, also mention stuffing, not dressing.
I guess in New York City, the poor turkeys run around undressed.
"Dimitri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:21:03 GMT, "wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]>
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I had come across a web site once that showed a study of where various equivalent words were used and what percentage of the population used them in each area. It also looked at different pronunciations of the same word (you do know the word "coupon" as two pronunuciations, don't you).
coo-pon q-pon
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At least with stuffing/dressing, there are just two words... for a sandwich made on a long bread roll, there are many, including submarine, hoagie, grinder, poor boy, zeppelin, etc.
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It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
ttfn, jan
For me, the difference is in how it's made. Stuffing is, well, stuffed. Into the bird. Dressing is cooked under or separate from the bird. 🙂
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It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to unimportant things. :-)
I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is something you put on salad.
Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?
ttfn, jan
For me, the difference is in how it's made. Stuffing is, well, stuffed. Into the bird. Dressing is cooked under or separate from the bird. 🙂
kimberly
Yes, I agree. Dressin' (there is no "g" <vbg>😉 seems to be a Southern thing and has a cornbread base. Stuffing seems to be a Northern thing and has a white bread base. Dressin' is smooth in texture while stuffing seems to be more "chunky". The white bread of stuffing is often toasted and the finished product often has a crouton look (of course, there are hundreds of recipes). While cornbread dressin' has variations, there is a basic combination of ingredients that is standard from Georgia to the Texas border.
With advertising and a mobile society, terminology has traveled and mingled.
But 'round here, if it ain't made with cornbread, it aint Dressin'. <grin>
Yes, I agree. Dressin' (there is no "g" <vbg>😉 seems to be a Southern thing and has a cornbread base. Stuffing seems to be a Northern thing and has a white bread base. Dressin' is smooth in texture while stuffing seems to be more "chunky". The white bread of stuffing is often toasted and the finished product often has a crouton look (of course, there are hundreds of recipes). While cornbread dressin' has variations, there is a basic combination of ingredients that is standard from Georgia to the Texas border.
With advertising and a mobile society, terminology has traveled and mingled.
But 'round here, if it ain't made with cornbread, it aint Dressin'. <grin>
Elaine, too
Yeppers, Elaine has hit the nail on the head with this definition!
On Wed 23 Nov 2005 12:01:23p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it itsjoannotjoann?
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Elaine Parrish said:
Yes, I agree. Dressin' (there is no "g" <vbg>😉 seems to be a Southern thing and has a cornbread base. Stuffing seems to be a Northern thing
and
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has a white bread base. Dressin' is smooth in texture while stuffing
seems
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to be more "chunky". The white bread of stuffing is often toasted and
the
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finished product often has a crouton look (of course, there are hundreds of recipes). While cornbread dressin' has variations, there is a basic combination of ingredients that is standard from Georgia to the Texas border.
With advertising and a mobile society, terminology has traveled and mingled.
But 'round here, if it ain't made with cornbread, it aint Dressin'.
<grin>
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Elaine, too
Yeppers, Elaine has hit the nail on the head with this definition!
I second that!
-- Wayne Boatwright *¿* _____________________________________________
On Wed 23 Nov 2005 12:01:23p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it itsjoannotjoann?
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Elaine Parrish said:
Yes, I agree. Dressin' (there is no "g" <vbg>😉 seems to be a Southern thing and has a cornbread base. Stuffing seems to be a Northern thing
and
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has a white bread base. Dressin' is smooth in texture while stuffing
seems
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Quoted message said:
to be more "chunky". The white bread of stuffing is often toasted and
the
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
finished product often has a crouton look (of course, there are hundreds of recipes). While cornbread dressin' has variations, there is a basic combination of ingredients that is standard from Georgia to the Texas border.
With advertising and a mobile society, terminology has traveled and mingled.
But 'round here, if it ain't made with cornbread, it aint Dressin'.
<grin>
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Elaine, too
Yeppers, Elaine has hit the nail on the head with this definition!
I second that!
-- Wayne Boatwright *¿* _____________________________________________
"Dimitri" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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LOL,
Charlie,
There are just some things in life that ain't worth going to the wall
over -
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This may be one.
True, true.....As I get older there are fewer of those things worth it.
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After all this not dressing that takes the cake it's Undressing that has potential.
;-)
Dimitri
Indeed! Potential is what makes life interesting instead of a hard slog. Always keep 'em guessing. Undress your stuffing! Or, stuff your dressing! Either way it is Sage advice.
