Michael asked:

>> Dressing with sausage, apples, pecans, currants, and mushrooms
>
> Do you have a recipe or do you just wing it? I make a really decent
> sausage stuffing but have no recipe for it. Sometimes I'll add onions and
> pecans to mine, sometimes not. I've never used apples, currants or
> mushrooms in stuffing. I'm guessing the liquid used in the stuffing would
> have to be reduced somewhat because of the liquid the mushrooms and apples
> would let off during cooking.


Here's what I wrote about it last year:

I must give credit to Gloria (Puester) for her dressing recipe. It's the
best I've ever made. She hasn't posted it this year, so allow me to post it
on her behalf:

1 package Pepperidge Farm seasoned bread crumbs
1 package Jimmy Dean hot sausage
1/4 cup butter
1/2 to 1 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 large onion, diced
2-3 celery stalks, chopped
1 or 2 sweet-tart apples, peeled and diced
1 cup pecans
chicken broth
Bell's seasoning or other poultry seasoning
GLORIA'S NOTE: (My sister in law adds oysters to this but my family prefers
it without. You could also add dried fruit--apricots, prunes, golden
raisins, etc. which have been soaked to plump up.)

Sauté sausage, drain and set aside.
Melt butter (or use sausage fat if you prefer) in a skillet, sauté
mushrooms, onion and celery till tender. Add apples, crumbs and pecans with
enough broth to moisten. Add poultry seasoning, salt and pepper to taste.
Pack lightly into a greased casserole. Refrigerate until ready to bake.

BOB'S NOTES:
* I generally use a mixture of half white bread cubes and half cornbread
cubes.
* I add some kind of plumped dried fruit: I've tried dried cranberries
plumped in orange juice and I've tried Zante currants plumped in plum wine.
Both were good. Since I'm making goose with blackberry sauce this year, I
might include dried cherries in the dressing.
* I usually cut back on the mushrooms or omit them altogether. Depends on
what the dressing is accompanying: Chickens, Cornish hens, or capons can get
the mushrooms; turkeys do not. Waterfowl may or may not, depending on what
else is in the meal.

(At my girlfriend's request, I *am* putting mushrooms in the dressing this
year, even though it goes against my normal practice of not having them with
turkey.)

Bob