Janet wrote:
> "aem" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> On Nov 11, 4:53 pm, itsjoannotjoann > wrote:
>>> I got a recipe the other day to use this commercially prepared
>>> 'stuffing' mix. It's been on the market for years but this is
>>> something I've never used. I was mighty disappointed in this product
>>> as it seems to be more of a light bread consistency (doughy) when
>>> cooked. I guess I was thinking it would be like cornbread. [snip]
>> What a strange thing to complain about. It didn't say "cornbread" on
>> the box, did it? Why did you expect it to be cornbread rather than
>> bread?
>>
>>> Not that I want to buy any more, but do they make a more cornbread
>>> type product?
>> I don't know about Pepperidge Farms, but there are other prepared
>> mixes that are made from cornbread. You can tell because they are
>> called something like "cornbread stuffing mix." -aem
>>
> I believe that Pepperidge Farm does make a cornbread stuffing mix. They make
> a wide variety of stuffings: white bread, wheat bread, herb, crumbs, cubes,
> cornbread, and so on.
>
> I think that the cubed herb versions are actually excellent as a base for
> stuffing cooked in a bird, but you then need to add herbs, cream, eggs,
> sherry, broth, sausage, apples or dried cherries, sauteed onion and celery
> and garlic, and so forth. None of them are of the "stovetop" variety, as far
> as I know, and it sounds as if that is what you were doing with whatever you
> purchased.
>
>

IMO they're a decent bread base. You HAVE to add tons of stuff to them,
but they work in a pinch if you don't have bread lying around.

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