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[shoekitty]

Stuffing goes IN the bird

dressing goes ON the bird

that said if someone asked for dressing in my house, they most likly would get dressing for the salad, lol!

[nevergivesup]

There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to this. I have strong New England roots and we have always called it dressing. Whatever the case, it is my absolute favorite. I would gladly skip the rest of the meal and have a plate full of dressing with gravy. Of course I probably would gain 5 lbs by the next day!

[Rockycoast]

It is Stuffing, because that is what you do to the turkey cavities. You stuff them.  Dressing is what I do when I put clothes on.

[Group 5 minus 1]

Some parts of this country it is called filling.

[wagirl]

A scoop of each, please 

[Bird mama]

Another vote for stuffing when in the bird and dressing when in the pan.  It's funny because it was the same recipe so I have no idea why we called it something different based on location.  Stuffing/dressing was popular in our house so there was always an extra pan or two of it.

[MarthaStewardess]

We've always called it stuffing, even though it's cooked outside of the bird. 

[blackhole99]

@Bridgegal  No, but I had a German grandma and she called it Filling so I imagine that's where it came from. 

[ScarletDove]

Neither, I do not like either stuffing or dressing, never liked it!

[chrystaltree]

Call it whatever you want to call it, just don't use that gawd awful stuff that comes in a bag or box.  LOL   I make my stuffing/dressing with my grandmother's recipe and I think it's best cooked in the turkey but I make an additional pan of it to go with leftovers.