Terminology: stuffing vs. dressing

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?

I'm with you -- it's stuffing.

When it's called dressing, I picture it as wetter. I like
my stuffing semi-dry.

Steve

On Mon 21 Nov 2005 09:47:14p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ?

Quoted message said:

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

Maybe somewhat regional. Seems to be called "dressing" more in the southern
US. IMHO, the same mixture cooked inside the turkey is called stuffing, but
called dressing when cooked in a baking dish or casserole.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

On Mon 21 Nov 2005 09:57:26p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Pope?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?

I'm with you -- it's stuffing.

When it's called dressing, I picture it as wetter. I like
my stuffing semi-dry.

Steve

There are lots of kinds of stuffings, some dry and some wet. That isn't
the criteria. There can also be dry or wet dressings, baked in a dish.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Mon 21 Nov 2005 09:57:26p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Pope?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

When it's called dressing, I picture it as wetter. I like
my stuffing semi-dry.

Quoted message said:

There are lots of kinds of stuffings, some dry and some wet. That isn't
the criteria. There can also be dry or wet dressings, baked in a dish.

In my experience, being baked in a dish isn't one of the
criteria for it being called dressing. And again in my
experience, people who call it dressing (I consider this the minority)
are more likely to prefer the wetter variety. This includes
many hof-brau style cafeteria restaurants that serve turkey
and stuffing/dressing year round.

But mostly the words are interchangeable.

Steve

Quoted message said:

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.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Quoted message said:

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.

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Quoted message said:

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?

Stuffing is cooked in the bird; dressing is more or less the same
thing, but cooked in a separate dish.

Regards,
Tracy R.

Quoted message said:

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

I think it's a regional thing. Here in the South I hear it called
dressing, but other regions and on tv it's referred to as stuffing.

Quoted message said:

I think it's a regional thing. Here in the South I hear it called
dressing, but other regions and on tv it's referred to as stuffing.

It's dressing out West-- at least in Oregon/Idaho where I grew up.
"Stuffing" was something you saw on TV that came in a box. One might
order "turkey and dressing" at a resturaunt but never "turkey and
stuffing."

We're having dressing on Thursday, even though we're in Minnesota now.

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Quoted message said:

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

I suppose it depends on which you enjoy more; to be a stuffer or a dresser.

David

Kiwanda in Minnesota said:

Quoted message said:

I think it's a regional thing. Here in the South I hear it called
dressing, but other regions and on tv it's referred to as stuffing.

It's dressing out West-- at least in Oregon/Idaho where I grew up.

In Oregon/Washington where I grew up, it was either stuffing or
dressing.

Quoted message said:

"Stuffing" was something you saw on TV that came in a box.

Of course, I grew up *well* before Stove Top.

Quoted message said:

One might order "turkey and dressing" at a resturaunt but never "turkey and
stuffing."

Agreed to that--but I've often heard the terms used interchangeably
during the Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, as in "Please pass the
<stuffing/dressing>."

--
-denny-
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"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

Reg said:

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

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

I found an article somewhere on the internet last time this came up....I
can't find it now 🙁 Anyway....it said that up until the 1800's it was
called stuffing and then people started calling it dressing because it
sounded more "proper". I personally call in the bird stuffing, out
dressing. *shrug*

Roberta (in VA)

On Mon 21 Nov 2005 10:08:17p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Pope?

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Mon 21 Nov 2005 09:57:26p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve

Pope?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

When it's called dressing, I picture it as wetter. I like my
stuffing semi-dry.

Quoted message said:

There are lots of kinds of stuffings, some dry and some wet. That isn't
the criteria. There can also be dry or wet dressings, baked in a dish.

In my experience, being baked in a dish isn't one of the
criteria for it being called dressing. And again in my
experience, people who call it dressing (I consider this the minority)
are more likely to prefer the wetter variety. This includes
many hof-brau style cafeteria restaurants that serve turkey
and stuffing/dressing year round.

We've obviously had different experiences. :-)

Quoted message said:

But mostly the words are interchangeable.

Obviously they are.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

On Tue 22 Nov 2005 12:01:52a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it David Hare-
Scott?

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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

I suppose it depends on which you enjoy more; to be a stuffer or a

dresser.

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David

Or to be stuffed or dressed.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

I found an article somewhere on the internet last time this came
up....I can't find it now 🙁 Anyway....it said that up until the
1800's it was called stuffing and then people started calling it
dressing because it sounded more "proper". I personally call in the
bird stuffing, out dressing. *shrug*

I don't think I've heard the term dressing used outside this news group.
I've only ever referred to it as stuffing here (my part of NSW,
Australia). Mind you, I think this group was the first time I ever saw
references to cooking it outside the chicken/turkey. I'd never seen that
done here, but that could just be my sheltered upbringing <g>.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

I found an article somewhere on the internet last time this came
up....I can't find it now 🙁 Anyway....it said that up until the
1800's it was called stuffing and then people started calling it
dressing because it sounded more "proper". I personally call in the
bird stuffing, out dressing. *shrug*

I don't think I've heard the term dressing used outside this news group.
I've only ever referred to it as stuffing here (my part of NSW,
Australia). Mind you, I think this group was the first time I ever saw
references to cooking it outside the chicken/turkey. I'd never seen that
done here, but that could just be my sheltered upbringing <g>.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Roberta <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

I found an article somewhere on the internet last time this came
up....I can't find it now 🙁 Anyway....it said that up until the
1800's it was called stuffing and then people started calling it
dressing because it sounded more "proper". I personally call in the
bird stuffing, out dressing. *shrug*

I don't think I've heard the term dressing used outside this news group.
I've only ever referred to it as stuffing here (my part of NSW,
Australia). Mind you, I think this group was the first time I ever saw
references to cooking it outside the chicken/turkey. I'd never seen that
done here, but that could just be my sheltered upbringing <g>.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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Quoted message said:

I don't think I've heard the term dressing used outside this news
group.
I've only ever referred to it as stuffing here (my part of NSW,
Australia). Mind you, I think this group was the first time I ever saw
references to cooking it outside the chicken/turkey. I'd never seen
that
done here, but that could just be my sheltered upbringing <g>.

I have never heard the term dressing outside this group either. I did
used to cook stuffing outside the bird in a tin many years ago because
we liked extra