Thanksgiving Progressive Dinner: Workhorses and a Recipe

                                                                          (Franciscan Apple, my Thanksgiving workhorse)

 

A while back,

I wrote a post about Franciscan Apple being my

workhorse at Thanksgiving.


This is what I said and what I added today:

There is something so comforting,

so perfectly weighty and substantial about Franciscan’s Apple ,

that it is the logical  shoulder for the wonderful mound of food I’ll serve to my family on Thanksgiving Day.

       

It is not so precious-

so fine

that it can’t be scraped and stacked before washing,

or even jostled in the kitchen sink. 

Young and old can ‘fix their plate’ from the buffet I set up on our kitchen island, and I don’t have to hold my breath.


Not because I don’t love it or care about its safety,

but rather

because we (Franciscan and I) trust each other.


Why?

Because we are both workhorses when the need arises-

however worse for wear and slightly ‘aged’ and dated we both might be.

        During Thanksgiving preparations, I feel like every cabinet door in my house is open,

as I bring my dishes out of their seasonal hibernation. 

I bet you do the same thing.

       And now for a very humble

‘workhorse’ recipe.

Laura’s Cornbread Dressing

*based on my mother’s

and her mother’s recipe

2 boxes Jiffy cornbread mix

1 bag Pepperidge Farm Herbed Stuffing mix

4 eggs, beaten

multiple cans of chicken broth

1 medium onion

1 bunch of celery chopped

1 stick butter, melted

poultry seasoning (or sage if you dare)

Bake your cornbread in a 9x13 pan the night before you are going to prepare the dressing.

Once it is cooled, crumble it.

When ready to prepare the dressing, add the bag of stuffing mix and toss gently with your hands.

Melt the stick of butter in a skillet and saute the onion and celery.

Add that to the cornbread mixture, including all of the butter from the pan.

Add the 4 beaten eggs and mix .

Now for the rocket science part.

Start adding chicken broth and poultry seasoning until

both the perfect taste

and

the perfect consistency is reached.

This will require lots of tasting

by

COMMITTEE

(my husband, my daughters, etc.).

 

Bake in a 375 degree oven until done.

*you will need a large pan

Disclaimer:

This is not light, fluffy dressing.

This is a dense, hopefully moist dressing that

provides the perfect base for turkey and gravy.

  

Enjoy!

Thank you to Home Sweet Homemade for asking me to join in this wonderful progressive dinner.

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