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Steve Pope
 
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Default Terminology: stuffing vs. dressing

> wrote:

>It's late at night and I can't sleep. So my mind is wandering to
>unimportant things. :-)
>
>I notice in the various Thanksgiving threads that some people
>use the term stuffing and some use dressing. I've always called it
>stuffing, as have most of the people I know. To me, dressing is
>something you put on salad.


>Is the difference in terminology a regional thing?


I'm with you -- it's stuffing.

When it's called dressing, I picture it as wetter. I like
my stuffing semi-dry.

Steve