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Your Turkey and Stuffing

BigOrangeKitty — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:49:39 GMT

For Thanksgiving, will you be cooking a whole turkey or a turkey breast? Do you bake the stuffing inside either of them or do you bake it separately?

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curlywhitedog — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:06:46 GMT

I bake a whole turkey with the stuffing inside. If there's extra stuffing that doesn't fit in the bird I'll put it in a baking dish, cover it with foil, and bake it separately.

Maria

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brii — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:09:30 GMT

I make a whole turkey.

I always make the stuffing in a separate casserole.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:23:32 GMT

whole turkey with the dressing baked in another roaster, but a lot of the turkey juices and stock from simmering the "insides" (neck, giblets, etc....) are added to the dressing while it is roasting.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:25:38 GMT

I always do a whole, fresh turkey.

I don't put the dressing inside. That always kind of grossed me out - just thinking of all that turkey blood running through it and how it looks spilling out of there. I'm just too food-neurotic for that. I put it into a casserole dish (my old Corning Ware French White 2.5qt one, of course. hehe).

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HonnyBrown — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:43:23 GMT

I'm doing a whole turkey. I never stuff the bird.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:04:22 GMT

Here is what we are doing. I am a vegetarian. I have purchased frozen turkey and gravy.I also hate to cook!! I will make mashed potatoes, green bean casserole for DH (Green Giant makes a delicious frozen one). I will eat plain green beans. Maybe I will bake bread.Think there is some frozen cake in the downstairs freezer. There will be just the 2 of us-which we like. Wouldn't turn any one away, but we are loners. And that is our TG menu.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:05:15 GMT

I forgot about the stuffing. It will be the boxed kind.

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BLH — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:06:53 GMT

I roast a whole turkey in the oven and my stuffing in the crockpot.

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Abby Grace — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:32:41 GMT

We do a whole turkey in the fryer, and a breast in the oven with dressing on the side. Yummy!

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denisemb — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:42:22 GMT

We rotisserie a smaller whole turkey in our trusty Ronco Showtime "Set it and Forget it" and I make slow cooker dressing.

I also hack off the wings the day before and make a "Do-Ahead Gravy", saving some of that broth for the dressing to give it some extra oomph.

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jaxs mom — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:57:39 GMT

Smoking a whole turkey, not stuffed, cornbread dressing will be baked separately.

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RedTop — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:30:52 GMT

I will be cooking 2 turkey breasts, and our dressing is always baked in round patties.

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BigOrangeKitty — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:43:51 GMT

So interesting to hear what everyone does! Thanks for the replies. I usually do a whole turkey with the stuffing inside. I was thinking of maybe doing just the turkey breast this year, but I probably won't. What else is on your menu?

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:09:37 GMT

I do a whole turkey and never stuff it .... stuffing on the side.

What I always do is pour in a can of undiluted Campbells French Onion soup inside the bird ..... not only does it season the turkey from the inside out, but the juices and the soup base make the BEST gravy!

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blackhole99 — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:19:02 GMT

This Thanksgiving I will be doing a whole turkey about 11 lbs. in my Nu Wave oven, I do the stuffing separately.

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colliegirls — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:40:01 GMT

I will cook a Butterball and put my stuffing inside. Any stuffing that overflows sits on the legs to cook. I use a cooking bag so everything is very moist.

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qvcfreak — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:46:09 GMT

On 11/12/2014 brii said:
I make a whole turkey.

I always make the stuffing in a separate casserole.

I do the same...

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mysterylady — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:52:55 GMT

On 11/12/2014 curlywhitedog said:
I bake a whole turkey with the stuffing inside. If there's extra stuffing that doesn't fit in the bird I'll put it in a baking dish, cover it with foil, and bake it separately.

Maria

I do the same thing but I must say my (grown) kids can "sniff out" the one from inside the bird - that's the only one they'll eat.

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curlywhitedog — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:55:23 GMT

On 11/12/2014 mysterylady said:
On 11/12/2014 curlywhitedog said:
I bake a whole turkey with the stuffing inside. If there's extra stuffing that doesn't fit in the bird I'll put it in a baking dish, cover it with foil, and bake it separately.

Maria

I do the same thing but I must say my (grown) kids can "sniff out" the one from inside the bird - that's the only one they'll eat.

Truth be told, that's the one I "sniff out" and prefer as well. I put both on the table but I secretly hope my guests take the other one first...lol.

Maria