Sausage Stuffing

Happy Monday Lovelies...

Well the weather has definitely become a little cooler and we have a few days rain coming in the end of the week. I have no worries. With MrD's hard work.. and the winter curtains now up in each room... the house will be nice and cozy for the next few months

I had the laundry on the line nice and early. Thank goodness I dont have to bother with a mangle like my mother used to. There was one outside grannies back door for years. With quite a good breeze the washing dried quite quickly.. and is ready for tomorrows ironing. 

The Saturday Evening Post 
November 22, 1941

With Thanksgiving just over two weeks away so time to make sure that everything is on track for the big day. And straight after we jump into the Christmas season.. Hooray!

Recipe wise.. lets start with this one. A surprisingly tasty stuffing dish from The American Womans Cook Book...which with a bit of tweaking became a delicious side dish to our meal over the years

The original recipe was a little dry...possibly because it was supposed to stuff the meat... so I added some chicken stock. Onion juice is simply the juice from a pressed onion... and not wanting to waste anything for this dish I chopped up the onion and added it to the mix. I used my homemade dried bread cubes instead of crumbs. And I also browned the sausage in a pan first, draining off most of the liquid before mixing with the other ingredients.. before popping it in the oven to finish off

1½ pound sausage-meat
2 cups dried bread-crumbs
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon onion-juice
1 tablespoon minced parsley

original recipe

• Brown sausage meat in a pan and drain
• Mix the sausage and breadcrumbs
• Add chicken stock
• Add seasonings and onion juice and mix well
• At this point it is ready to stuff the turkey
• or... transfer the stuffing to greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish 
• Place in a preheated oven at 350°F
• Bake for approx  1 hour, uncovered, until deeply golden and crisp on top

The American Womans Cookbook,
by Ruth Berolzheiimer, 1942