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Andy
 
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Default Terminology: stuffing vs. dressing

wff_ng_7 wrote:

> I'm pretty sure it's a regional thing, but with so much travel and
> people moving around these days a lot of the regional differences are
> disappearing.



Centuries ago, someone at a dinner table asked "please pass the
stuffing" and someone else passed the gravy (dressing) instead and
everyone laughed and it's usage today is simply a centuries-old forgotten
mistake.

You stuff a bird, you don't dress it.

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Andy