Who invented turkey dressing

When thinking of Thanksgiving, most Americans rely on the fable of European pilgrims and indigenous people gathered in an amicable setting to break bread. Today, we know it was not like that. This is the solid truth for most Southerners, whether black or white.

Southern Living suggests that going to the map illustrates this point succinctly. The term dressing, per the History Channel , originated around the s, when the Victorians deemed stuffing too crude for the dish to be named. Just like today, cornbread was used in dressing because it was a staple in the typical Southern diet. Old, stale cornbread was repurposed instead of being thrown away, and was mixed with aromatic herbs, broth, salt and pepper.

Then it was baked until it had the consistency of a casserole, and eaten alongside turkey, collard greens and sweet potatoes. Use your hands to combine if necessary. Heat the stuffing in a microwave on high power for 6 minutes. Working quickly, place the stuffing into the cavity of the turkey to avoid losing heat. Place the turkey into a roasting pan, on a rack, and season with salt and pepper. Place the roasting pan on the middle rack of the oven. Tired of Typos? Get Help Now! Traditionally, turkey is served on Thanksgiving.

However, some people are even more enthusiastic about its reliable sidekick— stuffing … or is it called dressing? Americans are hardly the first people to stuff their roast birds.

Evidence suggests in Ancient Rome and throughout the Middle East that people put bread, spices, and all kinds of other goodies into the cavity of a bird before roasting.

Either way, it was delicious. The first Thanksgiving may not have featured turkey. There are many Boston area cookbooks filled with recipes for various stuffings, including oyster-based stuffings and stuffings made with mashed potatoes and breadcrumbs.

Of course here in the South it would almost be considered sacrilege if your Thanksgiving Day stuffing…we mean dressing, was not cornbread based. Can you see all of the social media posts and hashtags that would have been made? When the stuffing began leaving the actual insides of the animal being cooked is another question. Suddenly, the only thing your stuffing actually got stuffed into was the box you purchased it in off the shelves.