You put WHAT in the stuffing cornbread?
Well, that’s that. Thanksgiving is actually a favourite of mama’s, even more than Christmas or any other holiday except Valentine’s, which she LOVES.
Appropriate. (Hint: married on Feb 14)
But this Thanksgiving, we had no turkey-takers because the little anthro-kids here in Italy are in school and their parents work all day and into the evening, so mama and papa and I shared the tiniest chicken you’ve ever seen! Here’s the really funny thing (cooks will appreciate this, mama says): mama made some cornbread a few weeks ago and had some leftovers so froze them for stuffing. Out it came yesterday and got mixed with sage, onions, celery, garlic, crushed almonds, chicken broth and a couple of eggs stirred in with melted butter just before stuffing that pathetic little bird.
Guess what? That cornbread was made for a friend coming to talk about blogging and mama made it sort of sweet, like a corn cake, to go with coffee, and boy, howdy, if you have never had that kind of corn bread stuffing, you haven’t lived. “Sort of,” mama says.
Hey, looks normal, no?
When she tasted the first bite, she almost fell off her chair! “Hey, always something new from mistakes, right, Loulou,” mama asked and of course I had to agree. But sweet stuffing? Holy tamale, mama and papa both couldn’t stop laughing.
I think she put a little more salt in it and some chicken broth before baking the extra in a casserole, whatever that is.
I wish I’d had a photo of papa’s face when he had his first forkful!
Next year, mama says, she’ll stick with her good old-fashioned cornbread recipe with real corn in it and to heck with innovation!!!
I actually sort of liked it with a little butter on the bite I had before the stuffing was made. Imagining it inside a turkey or chicken was beyond me but the chicky didn’t seem to mind, haha.
BUT I MIND. No more stuffing for me, okay! I can wait another year…
Here in the north we prefer bread stuffing to corn stuffing. But we still would have liked to see your papa’s face. 🙂
Oh, mama makes bread stuffing too, but with bread, she makes chocolate bread pudding….num num. Or vanilla. Chunks of breads toasted with butter, cream, eggs, vanilla, pinch of salt (and melted chocolate if you’re doing that one), baked in the oven in a hot water bath until set. Drives papa nuts.
To me it sounds delicious! I always make cornbread stuffing (but I miss it with the bread cubes) AND sausage! (as well as onions, celery, broth, butter and sometimes mushrooms!) It’s delightful!
Yes, all of the above!!! Drool.
Well, it sounds good to me!!! And my mama must be brilliant if she learns from her mistakes, since she makes them on a regular basis. Her favorite stuffing is a Persian mix of crushed walnuts and pomegranite syrup, fresh herbs, orange and lemon juice and gralic. It’s a big deal to make so she makes a blender full and freezes some – normally to stuff fish – BUT she’s gonna try it with chicken now that she’s inspired to – make another mistake. BUT ya never know!! Loulou, WE chould write a book…..
Yes, stuff that bird, stuff that bird. Sound delicious!
What fun! Sweet stuffing. We’re not sure why it was a shock since we’ve never had any stuffing but Jan says that would be different! She was raised on bread stuffing and misses that since everyone here makes cornbread. It’s good but she says sometimes it would be nice to have a taste of nostalgia with some turkey.
My Mother used to make cheeseballs for gifts for Christmas. One year she got in a hurry and instead of using a CLOVE of garlic, she used the WHOLE garlic. Opinions varied, but there were no leftovers.
WOW, well, mama loves garlic and wishes she could have tasted them.
Mommy made a turkey leg, but couldn’t find the site she looks up cooking info. So it was very very well done.
Well, at least it was thoroughly done and we didn’t get any sickiness. She grumbled that she was going to buy a cheap turkey roll next year!
Don’t worry, she won’t!!
Hey, a turkey leg sounds like a good treat to me!