The box says to stuff the bird with prepared stuffing.
I assume that means boiling and preparing the stuffing before stuffing it, but why? Surely dry stuffing will be adventageous to soaking up juices, etc.
So, dry or prepared?
Don’t stuff the turkey!!! Has Alton Brown lived in vain?
The box clearly says “Stovetop.”
No, really. Don’t stuff the bird.
It would be “prepared” but not “cooked”. You would stir things together, but not cook them.
I think you can stuff the bird, but watch that you get the temperatures right for safe eating.
Stuff the bird if you want to. All this hoopla about THE DEATH OF MILLIONS!® caused by incorrectly heating stuffing and/or poultry is scaremongering at its worst.
To answer the question you actually asked: You do need to prepare it by the package directions(not really cooking anything except boiling the water) - dry, “uncooked” stuffing, and especially the freeze-dried(or whatever) flavor packet contents will not get near enough moisture just by absorbing juices inside the bird.
Hope your dinner is great!
But Stovetop itself is crap. Next time be brave and do it from scratch. It’s really pretty easy.
speaking of stuffing… (btw I love stove top) my sister in law said she would bring stuffing this year to thanksgiving “it’s really good it has green olives in it!” I have banned her from stuffing duty.
Flaming yawn, what Sixties cookbook gave her that recipe? First rule of cooking is throw out cookbooks from the Sixties.
Stuffing a bird is okay if the stuffing is very hot when you put it in so it helps cook the turkey. But watch your temperature because it will cook faster than you expect.
I think it would depend on the exact recipe; this sounds better than the golden raisin stuffing one of my sisters makes.
Make dressing instead:D
Just a personal nitpick with no intent to hijack. If it is made in the bird it is stuffing, if it is made outside the bird it is dressing.
Here we go!
Amen! That dehydrated celery in Stove Top is one of the worst things I’ve ever eaten. Granted, I hate celery, but I would imagine that even if you like celery, what comes in that box is still pretty insulting.
I love Stove Top Stuffing…but it should never come anywhere near a turkey dinner, much less be stuffed into the turkey itself.
It’s sort of like the difference between your grandma’s recipe for macaroni and cheese, and a box of Kraft; technically they are both “macaroni” and “cheese”, but in reality they are two completely different foods.
The same goes for “real stuffing” vs. Stove Top. When we make stuffing, it starts with dried seasoned bread cubes (we usually buy Mrs. Cubbinson’s), mixed with butter, water, and fresh vegetables. It takes about three minutes to put everything together, and it goes in the bird ('cause it’s “stuffing”).
Stuffing is dressing stuffed in a bird.
I prepared.
I stuffed.
I ingested.
I zzzz,
ETA: Thanks.
Was Thanksgiving delayed a week because you were doing advance poll duty?
I’m just sitting down to a nice turkey soup made with leftovers from last week.
(PS - it’s stuffing, and I’ve survived all these years eating it !)
Preach it!
Mom always served it both ways, done in the bird and in a pan outside the bird. I preferred the latter because it was a bit crunchy around the edges.
Feh. Quality stuffing begins with day-old homemade cornbread.
The year I brought my oyster dressing there was plenty for me!