Recipes

[Carmie]

I make my stuffing wet with raw eggs and canned milk..none of that chicken broth stuff.

[RedTop]

NEVER

[Sooner]

NO eggs ever.  Our dressing is cornbread, italian herbs, sauteed onions, celery and sometimes mushrooms, salt and pepper.

It is moistened with either plain broth or Campbell's soup thinned with broth and maybe a little wine or sherry or even a tsp or two of vinegar to cut the sweet, mixed and poured over the bread mix just to the top.  The top gets crispy as it bakes.   Sometimes we pour a thicker wet mix over the top, sometimes not.

It is dressing and is never cooked in the turkey.  Some years we have added cooked cut up sausage or ham, but it fine just very plain.  It freezes well too!  

[Sooner]

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@violann wrote:

I'd love to know the REASON for incorporating eggs into bread stuffing, unless that was the original idea, like Yorkshire Pudding, and bread was added later.

I love stuffing made with dried fruit, but absolutely NO ONE ELSE that I know or love (or both) can stand fruit, so POOR ME.

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@violann Just put the fruit in one part of the dressing, like in one corner, and remember where it is and woe to anyone else who touches it!  

You know why I think eggs got in stuffing?  Because eggs were cheap or free and because they extended the dish.  I never put eggs in meatloaf either.  It added some protein and bulk to a meal.  Maybe the turkey was small but there were lots of eggs!  

[violann]

@Sooner - LOVE THIS. I bet you're right on every point!

[Knit-Chick]

Honestly I do so because that's the way my mom did and she used eggs     I think it does help bind it together and keep it moist along with broth.  You'd really never know there's eggs in it just by tasting.

[Kachina624]

I make dressing in my crock pot and my recipe calls for 3 beaten eggs to bind it together.  You absolutely cannot see or taste the eggs; you'd never know they are there. 

[kutira]

Yes!

[sunshine45]

yes......and we have been doing it that way for at least four generations.....except that we call it dressing, not stuffing, and it does not go inside the bird.

it is a very simple stuffing , but SO delicious.....like a meal in itself. the next day i like making patties and putting a fried egg on top.

croutons, salt, pepper, onions, celery, butter, raw eggs......and lots of juice from the turkey AND from simmering the giblets and neck in some water or broth. so moist , so delicious, and it really browns nicely.

[Kachina624]

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@4kitties wrote:

I have never heard of putting eggs into stuffing until I read it here.  I do not use them.

I would love to taste it with eggs though, as I am really curious how it tastes and how it may change the consistency of the stuffing.  I may just try to make a small pan of it and Mr 4kitties and I can sample it!

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@4kitties   Here's a delicious recipe for you to try. Don't use the chicken if you're making it to accompany a turkey. Makes a great one-dish meal when you're in the mood for chicken and dressing.  Quick and easy.  I use cornbread Pepperidge Farm.