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Default Dressing vs. Stuffing (was Who's-been-posting-here-longer-than-who?)

Omelet > wrote:

> PeterL1 > wrote:


>> I realised afterwards that your "dressing" is actually what we call
>> 'stuffing'.


>"Dressing" is indeed "Stuffing" but not stuffed into a bird carcass so
>the terms are used for the same dish depending on how it's treated.
>It's "dressing" if it would be "stuffing" but served separate from the
>bird and baked in it's own dish.


We just called it stuffing, even if it never went into a bird.

Technically, if it's off in its very own dish, it is neither dressing
anything, nor stuffing anything.

But the real question is... why are we discussing this in February??

Steve