GET STUFFED!!!!!!

I love it.

In some areas of the country they call it

STUFFING.

In other areas of the country they call it

DRESSING.

At my house we call it

one of

Nana's Make-You-Fat Foods.

Whatever you call it,

each family has their

own special secret recipe,
often guarded by a
 bulldog of  a mother-in-law 
wonderful cook.

Well, I don't have many secrets so

I am gonna share my own

recipe with you.

Why get fat alone when

you can share the 

fat with a few good friends, right?

With this recipe I 

do all the messy work the 

day before.  

The morning of Thanksgiving

I just have to get up,
mix the ingredients together. 

and stuff that baby...

or in our case...

that FAT BOY.
Not such a good picture---sorry.

He weighed in at almost 

THIRTY POUNDS...

Uh-Huh!

And here is what got stuffed 

up his -ahem- behind.

(and in the place where

his poor neck used to be)

So...the day before

I chop about 1-1/2 cups celery.

I cut up a huge onion.

I quarter my own and peel the

quarters- so much easier 

to get the skins off that way,

if you've never tried it-
you might want to give it a go.

Then I put the celery and the onion in a 
microwave safe bowl with 
1/4 cup BUTTER

and nuke microwave them for

about 6 minutes...more or less..

till they are softened.

While they are getting nuked

I brown one pound of sausage

in a pan. 

Have you ever used a potato

masher to smash up your meat?

It is the best thing ever...

but it has to be a wire one like

this to work.  

I do all my ground meat this way.

Then I chop up a can of

Water Chestnuts and a can

of Mushrooms.

When the meat is browned and

the celery/onion mix is done

I put them, along with the 

mushrooms and water chestnuts

in a tupperware container

in the fridge.

The next morning when I am

ready to stuff the 

BIG BOY 
(the turkey-not MyHero)

I beat two eggs a bit and

add 1 large container 

Swanson's Chicken Broth.

I add this to 2 to 3 

large bags of stuffing crumbs.

2-1/2 bags makes my own

dressing moist enough 

for our family.

(yeah- I really wanted to lie

and be all Martha Stewartish

and say I made my own bread cubes

but...)

Here's what I use.

Then I proceed to stuff

the neck cavity and the 

well-you-know-where

area of the turkey.

Can you see he barely fits

in my roaster?

Now because my family

loves dressing I always 

make a side pan of it, too.

And...HOW do you get that

TURKEY TASTE into

the side dish

Easy-peasy!

You know those parts nobody

wants?

I stick them on top of 

my dressing....cover with tinfoil

and bake away.

MyHero says...

DIANA! You can't post that last picture!
It's disgusting!  

I say..

WATCH ME!

(you will notice that I

didn't watermark THAT one)

So, tell me...

What do you stuff

YOUR 

Big Boy with?

My "girls" and I will be on our annual
Mother/Daughter Christmas walk today.
They are predicting snow, howling winds
and freezing temps.
Sounds like a good time to me!