On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:12:08 GMT, Reg > wrote:

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 once saw a report about demographic specific food marketing
>that used stuffing/dressing as an example. It was said that in
>order to better target African American families one company
>began calling their boxed stuffing product dressing.

Interesting. I used to call it stuffing -- as did my family. Then it
occurred to me (a big DUH moment) that we don't stuff the bird with
it, we cook it along side. I now call it dressing. FTR, my dressing
is on the drier side, not like the wet goo stuffing I grew up with!

TammyM