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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Do you eat stuffing or dressing?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ll be honest. Being a northerner, I was not schooled in much of the terminology of southern cooking until I moved to Atlanta many years ago. I became well versed in the difference between grilling and barbecuing and quickly learned that I couldn’t call throwing a steak on the grill barbecuing.
The same war of words applies to the proper usage to describe that all important component of the holiday meal, as I like to call it, the dressing vs. stuffing debate. After reading the linked article, it seems in the South it’s dressing no matter how it’s cooked, but surely some of you out there call it stuffing, don’t you?
That’s the way I have always referred to it, especially since I’m the kind of gal that likes whatever it’s called, cooked inside the bird. On Thanksgiving or whenever, I’ll gladly throw salmonella worries and other health concerns to the wind, to partake in “that dish” laden with turkey drippings.
For me, there are too many other decisions to contend with already - cornbread vs. bread cubes, meat or no meat — to worry that much about what to call it.
But why not stop there. When it comes to dessert, what floats your boat? Pumpkin or sweet potato pie? I would imagine there have got to have been some backyard brawls over that decision too.
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