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

(Steve Pope) wrote in news:hl4mr9$fun$1
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> 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??
>



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