I am a big fan of Thanksgiving stuffing, but when you think
of it conceptually, it’s a pretty silly dish. You take croutons or toasted
bread, douse it in stock, mix it with meat, veggies, shellfish, or anything
else you want, and bake it. You’re basically taking bread, drying it out,
moistening it up, mixing it with some other ingredients and then drying it out
again. It’s almost like a very confused sandwich (and for anyone who’s had a
Thanksgiving sandwich, that is an even bigger and more delicious conundrum) For
our stuffing this year, we made two variations on the same theme. Both of them
were basic mushroom and sausage stuffing, but one was made with oysters,
walnuts and cornbread.
