Comments on: Old-Fashioned Cornbread Dressing http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ScreamingSardine http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-56755 ScreamingSardine Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:36:59 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-56755 Slowly, but surely, reading all the past blog entries. Anyway, I'm going to try your cornbread stuffing very soon. Here's one I grew up with: 3/4 cup minced onion 3 cups diced celery 1 cup fat (butter or margarine) 1 pint oysters 3 quarts bread cubes (around 12 cups, I think), firmly packed 1.5 teaspon poultry seasoning 1.5 to 2 cups stock from oysters or milk Cook onion and celery in butter until golden; stirring occasionally. Cook oysters in own juices until edges begin to curl. Drain off stock to be used as part of liquid in recipe. Toss seasoning with bread cubes. Add onion, celery, butter, and oysters. Mix lightly. Add stock slowly, stirring lightly. Stuffs a 16 pound turkey. Slowly, but surely, reading all the past blog entries.

Anyway, I’m going to try your cornbread stuffing very soon. Here’s one I grew up with:

3/4 cup minced onion
3 cups diced celery
1 cup fat (butter or margarine)
1 pint oysters
3 quarts bread cubes (around 12 cups, I think), firmly packed
1.5 teaspon poultry seasoning
1.5 to 2 cups stock from oysters or milk

Cook onion and celery in butter until golden; stirring occasionally. Cook oysters in own juices until edges begin to curl. Drain off stock to be used as part of liquid in recipe.

Toss seasoning with bread cubes. Add onion, celery, butter, and oysters. Mix lightly. Add stock slowly, stirring lightly.

Stuffs a 16 pound turkey.

]]> By: Linda http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-55293 Linda Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:39:11 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-55293 My mother in law didn't put boiled eggs in her dressing but she did put sliced boiled eggs in her giblet gravy. Has anyone else heard of that? I would guess she learned it from her mother. I have carried on the tradition. I guess tradition is one of the most important ingredients of our recipes. My mother in law didn’t put boiled eggs in her dressing but she did put sliced boiled eggs in her giblet gravy. Has anyone else heard of that? I would guess she learned it from her mother. I have carried on the tradition. I guess tradition is one of the most important ingredients of our recipes.

]]> By: Mary McGrew http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-54683 Mary McGrew Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:07:44 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-54683 Thank you for the help with my Thanksgiving dinner. I have never made dressing but have left it to other family members to make. This year I was assigned to make it. I found your page on the internet and it sounded right but I still was nervous about making it. Well it was so good we ate dinner and had some for left overs.Thats because I made enough for thirty people.I'll be using this recipe again and again . I may even try different things in it now that I have confidence in the outcome. Thank you so much! Thank you for the help with my Thanksgiving dinner. I have never made dressing but have left it to other family members to make. This year I was assigned to make it. I found your page on the internet and it sounded right but I still was nervous about making it. Well it was so good we ate dinner and had some for left overs.Thats because I made enough for thirty people.I’ll be using this recipe again and again . I may even try different things in it now that I have confidence in the outcome. Thank you so much!

]]> By: Anna Adams » Early Thankfulness http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-53729 Anna Adams » Early Thankfulness Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:25 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-53729 [...] that normal cleaning = stacking. I must unstack!) And also bake some bread because I want to make Suzanne McMinn’s recipe for cornbread stuffing. Ever since we lost my grandma, I’ve longed for great stuffing, and Suzanne has never steered [...] [...] that normal cleaning = stacking. I must unstack!) And also bake some bread because I want to make Suzanne McMinn’s recipe for cornbread stuffing. Ever since we lost my grandma, I’ve longed for great stuffing, and Suzanne has never steered [...]

]]> By: drgnfly447 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-52498 drgnfly447 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:42:29 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-52498 I don't think it was a mistake. We have spent days trying to find a recipe my husbands late grandmother used to make. She was from Tennessee,and used boiled eggs in it. He wants granny's dressing. So I will be using this recipe using boiled eggs this TG to honer her and my late MIL. Thank you so much for this. I don’t think it was a mistake. We have spent days trying to find a recipe my husbands late grandmother used to make. She was from Tennessee,and used boiled eggs in it. He wants granny’s dressing. So I will be using this recipe using boiled eggs this TG to honer her and my late MIL. Thank you so much for this.

]]> By: Sharon L http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-52399 Sharon L Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:04:13 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-52399 That's the way my mom made it, but she's from England. Maybe a recipe handed down in your region with colonist origins? I knew it was thanksgiving when I woke up to the smell of onions & celery boiling on the stove (she used the liquid, as well, along with her chicken broth.) Ah, memories! That’s the way my mom made it, but she’s from England. Maybe a recipe handed down in your region with colonist origins? I knew it was thanksgiving when I woke up to the smell of onions & celery boiling on the stove (she used the liquid, as well, along with her chicken broth.) Ah, memories!

]]> By: Gweny http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-52358 Gweny Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:55:35 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-52358 At the risk of saying it again... This is very near the recipe that has been handed down in our family for many generations. I never measure anything, I just know what it is suppose to look like and taste like LOL. I mix the cornbread/bread mixture, celery, onions, and seasoning the day before for the purpose of the flavors marrying :). Then add my broth, butter and eggs to make a soupy consistancy on TG morning and bake. I do like the idea that JoAnn gave of cooking it in the slow cooker or crock pot. I could sure use the extra room that would leave in the oven for more goodies...Happy Thanksgiving everyone and God Bless each of you and your families. At the risk of saying it again… This is very near the recipe that has been handed down in our family for many generations. I never measure anything, I just know what it is suppose to look like and taste like LOL. I mix the cornbread/bread mixture, celery, onions, and seasoning the day before for the purpose of the flavors marrying :) . Then add my broth, butter and eggs to make a soupy consistancy on TG morning and bake. I do like the idea that JoAnn gave of cooking it in the slow cooker or crock pot. I could sure use the extra room that would leave in the oven for more goodies…Happy Thanksgiving everyone and God Bless each of you and your families.

]]> By: Donna http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-52158 Donna Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:55 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-52158 My mother always made the cornbread stuffing or dressing...but would make a baked chicken recipe with bread stuffing. My inlaws have the bread stuffing. Mine has bread and cornbread..sort of an even mix...tastes so good. I use a bag of Pepperidge Farm bread crumbs and then bake a pan of cornbread with 5 eggs, so there is no chopped egg showing in the stuffing...I sautee celery and onion in butter...add some stale toast or biscuits or sleeve of saltines...turkey meat..like I boil legs in Poultry seasoning and then use the broth..and add chicken broth out of the cartons...salt, pepper, little sage and little more poultry seasoning, like 1 TBSP per pan...it makes alot and is sooo good. My mother always made the cornbread stuffing or dressing…but would make a baked chicken recipe with bread stuffing. My inlaws have the bread stuffing. Mine has bread and cornbread..sort of an even mix…tastes so good. I use a bag of Pepperidge Farm bread crumbs and then bake a pan of cornbread with 5 eggs, so there is no chopped egg showing in the stuffing…I sautee celery and onion in butter…add some stale toast or biscuits or sleeve of saltines…turkey meat..like I boil legs in Poultry seasoning and then use the broth..and add chicken broth out of the cartons…salt, pepper, little sage and little more poultry seasoning, like 1 TBSP per pan…it makes alot and is sooo good.

]]> By: Robin Feltner http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-52066 Robin Feltner Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:21:48 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-52066 This looks so delicious. I'm going to try this version. Thanks for the recipe. This looks so delicious. I’m going to try this version. Thanks for the recipe.

]]> By: Judy H http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/11/10/old-fashioned-cornbread-dressing/#comment-51990 Judy H Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:01:00 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=16503#comment-51990 Just the way we fix it around our home and family for years! Yummy!!! Just the way we fix it around our home and family for years!
Yummy!!!

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