First of all, is it called stuffing or dressing?  And do most people actually prefer it cooked in the bird?

Growing up, I’ve always known it as stuffing and traditionally it was made outside the bird and by one of my aunts- and more often than not- it was heavy on the celery. For awhile, I thought stuffing was just okay, not great but good. Then, I tried oyster stuffing and realized I really hadn’t been eating what I now consider stuffing. I’m talking about rich, fatty, flavorful stuffing that could be eaten as a main course by itself.  Call me crazy, but I simply love a good oyster stuffing.

Traditionally what kind of stuffing, or “dressing” do you eat? I’m curious to find out what the norm is?

Other kinds of stuffing I absolutely adore:
Shiitake Mushroom Stuffing- Recipe Girl
Southern Cornbread Dressing by Deep South Dish
Gluten Free Thanksgiving stuffing by Off the Wheaten Path

Not Stuffed Yet? Quick Links to More Stuffing!

Above Photo by Maggie Hoffman

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‘Tis the day after Christmas and I’ve been eating constantly! We’ve been spreading ourselves around among family and friends with a number of interesting culinary events. On Christmas Eve Eve (aka last Sunday), we had a cocktail party with Potato Pancakes (Latkes), a variety of smoked fish, caviar and some really nice champagne. Being only half-Jewish, potato pancakes are only a cultural & culinary tradition for me. In fact, it’s more tied to Christmas than Hanukkah because I learned to make them from my Jewish grandfather who celebrated Christmas. For a nice post and recipe for Latkes, visit The Blog that Ate Manhattan.

On the actual Eve of Christmas, we prepared a goose, which is pretty rare among American households nowadays, but a food I love. We ordered it in advance from Draeger’s in San Mateo, but they called the morning it was supposed to arrive and informed us that “it wasn’t on the truck,” with a suggestion that we have “Christmas Duck”…Sheri said “what the Dickens!!” and I set about finding a goose elsewhere. We got lucky and Whole Foods had a beautiful one from the Amish country. Had I been even more organized, I would have ordered from Amazon.com in advance.

I meant to take pictures, write down my recipes and be a good blogger, but wound up too engrossed in the actual cooking, drinking and stuffing of face to do any of that. Luckily, Wendy Cooper, of the Cooking Blog, did a great post on Christmas Goose.

Recipes indexed at Foodista.com:

Goose

Latkes

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