THANKSGIVING WEEK

[blueberryhill]

I have always done the cornbread stuffing and is a favorite with most people....I usually make up batch of cornbread from mix, and use 75% cornbread (put in plastic bag) and crumble, and i use about 25% dry bread crumbs....any ole' bread will do. I saute onions and celery, add poultry seasonings, i.e., sage, thyme, etc....I start simmering giblets to make gravy and use broth from that to add to stuffing mix, and then add turkey juices to "wet" consistency. add salt and pepper to taste....to dry bread crumbs, just put out bread on counter overnight..then put in plastic bag and use kitchen mallet to make crumbs. Add to crumbled cornbread, then add celery and onions (which you have sauteed
in butter), then drippings/juices from turkey and giblets....Save broth from cooking giblets for basis of your gravy. P.S. Why make bread when Rhodes does it for you. It comes frozen in loaves, buns, dinner rolls, etc. and tastes like homemade bread.

I think I'm going to try your recipe. Can I use chicken broth to moisten the mixture? I ask because I know nothing about simmering giblets. I'm sure it's as easy as it sounds but I'm not going to be messin' around with giblets.

I've made bread with those frozen loaves you mentioned. It tastes wonderful and couldn't be easier to make. I just made pumpkin bread and my home smells divine.

yes, you can use chicken broth, but be sure to use drippings from turkey to add richness to it.....I always start with a small pan with giblets and i keep on stove cooking and use the broth in dressing, then I add more water and keep the giblets on stove until I make gravy, then I add cream, and cut up giblets for the gravy along with drippings from turkey. The stuff which comes out of turkey during cooking needs to go in your dressing and gravy.....you can throw giblets out (I always throw neck out) but you get a lot of flavor from giblets. Just throw them out after you cook the hell out of them. i just looked at my recipe and I put an egg in dressing....also says you can add milk.....