@Lemons said:

1. Why are you thankful that you watched the Big Bang Theory?
2. Cranberry sauce in one big cylindrical jelly-like blob from a can or Cranberry sauce with actual berries in it and texture?
3. Do you call the bread-based side dish dressing or stuffing?

1) Thank you to TBBT for letting the nerd get the beautiful “girl next door,” who loves him as much as he loves her, while he still remains true to him nerd-roots. That's one small step for sitcoms; one giant leap for Nerdkind.

2) My sister did our family a great favor and married into a family with a cook. Canned cranberry anything is just a distant memory. All cranberry dishes are bursting with bodacious berries…no jelly-like stuff allowed. Family legend has it that she goes to the bog herself to gather those beauties.

3) Stuffing. Although; I've never had it stuffed inside anything.

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@Lemons said:

1. Why are you thankful that you watched the Big Bang Theory?
2. Cranberry sauce in one big cylindrical jelly-like blob from a can or Cranberry sauce with actual berries in it and texture?
3. Do you call the bread-based side dish dressing or stuffing?

1) Thank you to TBBT for letting the nerd get the beautiful “girl next door,” who loves him as much as he loves her, while he still remains true to him nerd-roots. That's one small step for sitcoms; one giant leap for Nerdkind.

2) My sister did our family a great favor and married into a family with a cook. Canned cranberry anything is just a distant memory. All cranberry dishes are bursting with bodacious berries…no jelly-like stuff allowed. Family legend has it that she goes to the bog herself to gather those beauties.

3) Stuffing. Although; I've never had it stuffed inside anything.

1. Beautifully stated!
   
2. I don't think I live anywhere near cranberry bogs, but the thought of getting to visit one is very interesting. The thought of having to wade into a sea of water and berries to pick them seems somewhat exotic to this Southern girl.
3. There are plenty of people who call it stuffing here, too, who don't stuff it in anything. One thing I have noticed is that what people call stuffing seems to be a lot more moister than what people call dressing. Dressing is usually drier. The consistency may be what helps people where I live determine what to call it. My mother-in-law's dressing is so dry that I think people could form it into bricks and build a house out of it.

@Lemons said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@Lemons said:

1. Why are you thankful that you watched the Big Bang Theory?
2. Cranberry sauce in one big cylindrical jelly-like blob from a can or Cranberry sauce with actual berries in it and texture?
3. Do you call the bread-based side dish dressing or stuffing?

1) Thank you to TBBT for letting the nerd get the beautiful “girl next door,” who loves him as much as he loves her, while he still remains true to him nerd-roots. That's one small step for sitcoms; one giant leap for Nerdkind.

2) My sister did our family a great favor and married into a family with a cook. Canned cranberry anything is just a distant memory. All cranberry dishes are bursting with bodacious berries…no jelly-like stuff allowed. Family legend has it that she goes to the bog herself to gather those beauties.

3) Stuffing. Although; I've never had it stuffed inside anything.

1. Beautifully stated!
   
2. I don't think I live anywhere near cranberry bogs, but the thought of getting to visit one is very interesting. The thought of having to wade into a sea of water and berries to pick them seems somewhat exotic to this Southern girl.
3. There are plenty of people who call it stuffing here, too, who don't stuff it in anything. One thing I have noticed is that what people call stuffing seems to be a lot more moister than what people call dressing. Dressing is usually drier. The consistency may be what helps people where I live determine what to call it. *My mother-in-law's dressing is so dry that I think people could form it into bricks and build a house out of it."

Just like Debbie's meatloaf. Just keep it away from Howard. As for stuff/dress/ing what is the proper form? As a side dish baked separately ? What about when it is cooked inside the turkey? Someone help me out with this.

@znexyish said:

@Lemons said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@Lemons said:

1. Why are you thankful that you watched the Big Bang Theory?
2. Cranberry sauce in one big cylindrical jelly-like blob from a can or Cranberry sauce with actual berries in it and texture?
3. Do you call the bread-based side dish dressing or stuffing?

1) Thank you to TBBT for letting the nerd get the beautiful “girl next door,” who loves him as much as he loves her, while he still remains true to him nerd-roots. That's one small step for sitcoms; one giant leap for Nerdkind.

2) My sister did our family a great favor and married into a family with a cook. Canned cranberry anything is just a distant memory. All cranberry dishes are bursting with bodacious berries…no jelly-like stuff allowed. Family legend has it that she goes to the bog herself to gather those beauties.

3) Stuffing. Although; I've never had it stuffed inside anything.

1. Beautifully stated!
   
2. I don't think I live anywhere near cranberry bogs, but the thought of getting to visit one is very interesting. The thought of having to wade into a sea of water and berries to pick them seems somewhat exotic to this Southern girl.
3. There are plenty of people who call it stuffing here, too, who don't stuff it in anything. One thing I have noticed is that what people call stuffing seems to be a lot more moister than what people call dressing. Dressing is usually drier. The consistency may be what helps people where I live determine what to call it. *My mother-in-law's dressing is so dry that I think people could form it into bricks and build a house out of it."

Just like Debbie's meatloaf. Just keep it away from Howard. As for stuff/dress/ing what is the proper form? As a side dish baked separately ? What about when it is cooked inside the turkey? Someone help me out with this.

I've always had it served as a side dish rather than cooked inside the bird. Though, the name stuffing does originally come from stuffing the bird with it. The term is used loosely these days.

My grandmother used to make the most delicious stuffing. It was mostly bread, spices and chicken broth but it was divine, and very moist. On the other hand my mother-in-law puts both rice and stuffing mix into her dressing and it's extremely dry.

As lemons stated, stuffing usually refers to what you put in the bird (the superior way IMO), dressing is what is left over & generally baked separately in a casserole dish. Most people overcook the one baked separately that is why it is so dry. I prefer stuffing as it has all the flavor & moistness because of the turkey juices/fat. But stuffing has so many variations but I'm a 'purist'. Bread crumbs/croutons (sourdough if it's available), lots of onions, celery, sauteed in lots of butter, I use a good poultry seasoning blend (sage, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, a hint of nutmeg, black or white pepper), I like a little extra sage, a good low sodium chicken broth, just enough to moisten. One of my local stores sometimes sells a 'bouquet' of fresh herbs like I listed above around Thanksgiving, I try to grab a couple.

@Lemons said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@Lemons said:

1. Why are you thankful that you watched the Big Bang Theory?
2. Cranberry sauce in one big cylindrical jelly-like blob from a can or Cranberry sauce with actual berries in it and texture?
3. Do you call the bread-based side dish dressing or stuffing?

1) Thank you to TBBT for letting the nerd get the beautiful “girl next door,” who loves him as much as he loves her, while he still remains true to him nerd-roots. That's one small step for sitcoms; one giant leap for Nerdkind.

2) My sister did our family a great favor and married into a family with a cook. Canned cranberry anything is just a distant memory. All cranberry dishes are bursting with bodacious berries…no jelly-like stuff allowed. Family legend has it that she goes to the bog herself to gather those beauties.

3) Stuffing. Although; I've never had it stuffed inside anything.

1. Beautifully stated!
   
2. I don't think I live anywhere near cranberry bogs, but the thought of getting to visit one is very interesting. The thought of having to wade into a sea of water and berries to pick them seems somewhat exotic to this Southern girl.
3. There are plenty of people who call it stuffing here, too, who don't stuff it in anything. One thing I have noticed is that what people call stuffing seems to be a lot more moister than what people call dressing. Dressing is usually drier. The consistency may be what helps people where I live determine what to call it. My mother-in-law's dressing is so dry that I think people could form it into bricks and build a house out of it.

1) Thanks.

2) When it comes to that bog part...let's just say that The Uncles have been known to the treat the truth like a rubber band.

3) Every family has at least one relative who makes an indigestible dish that they bring to every get-together. When Aunt Lisa takes the foil off her contribution to the family meal, you can’t help but wonder why every dog, cat, and sewer rat in the city isn’t scratching at the door trying to answer that come-and-get-it! call.

This reminds me of Howard and Raj going down to Texas to get Sheldon, and Howard saying to Mary that he has a hankering for a Lone Star beer. 😁🍺

@znexyish said:

This reminds me of Howard and Raj going down to Texas to get Sheldon, and Howard saying to Mary that he has a hankering for a Lone Star beer. 😁🍺

I remember that....with Howard trying to blend.

@Lemons said:

Also, I've thought this before but never actually typed it out, but for someone name Dark_Sithlord, you are a very nice fella.

Why, thank you so much for the kind compliment, Lemons. Dark_Sithlord is just a name I use to scare off the trolls...HahA!