Comments on: Dressing http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/ A clean, well-lighted blog. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:22:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Leigh Ann http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-679 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:36:19 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-679 Ok, Ok.... so I have a problem reading. Yes, you did say 'from Granny by way of Kay'!! The soup isn't gospel... nope. I agree that dressing is probably not the right place for honest-to-goodness real garlic, but the salt (or powder) doesn't hurt! Sorry, this ain't the bit dog! Besides, I never heard a dog holler...... Ok, Ok…. so I have a problem reading. Yes, you did say ‘from Granny by way of Kay’!!

The soup isn’t gospel… nope. I agree that dressing is probably not the right place for honest-to-goodness real garlic, but the salt (or powder) doesn’t hurt!

Sorry, this ain’t the bit dog! Besides, I never heard a dog holler……

]]> by: Sue http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-676 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:58:49 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-676 Do I really have to name names? Do I really have to name names?

]]> by: Jim http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-675 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:52:56 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-675 <i>"And — SUE — WHO are you calling picky and generally critical??!?!?!"</i> Bit dog hollers. HA! “And — SUE — WHO are you calling picky and generally critical??!?!?!”

Bit dog hollers. HA!

]]> by: Jim http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-674 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:52:07 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-674 Oh, if the soup is not Gospel, then I definitely won't use it. And no, I hadn't noticed that four cups of celery was an alteration - that does seem like an awful lot. I did use garlic salt this year, but there's nothing like honest-to-goodness real garlic. However, I'm not sure that dressing is the right place for garlic, and I don't think I'll try that change. Oh, if the soup is not Gospel, then I definitely won’t use it. And no, I hadn’t noticed that four cups of celery was an alteration - that does seem like an awful lot. I did use garlic salt this year, but there’s nothing like honest-to-goodness real garlic. However, I’m not sure that dressing is the right place for garlic, and I don’t think I’ll try that change.

]]> by: Jim http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-673 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:49:03 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-673 <i>"Kay’s” recipe is really Granny’s"</i> I KNOW that - as I said, I got it "From Granny by way of Kay". Duh. “Kay’s” recipe is really Granny’s”

I KNOW that - as I said, I got it “From Granny by way of Kay”. Duh.

]]> by: Leigh Ann http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-672 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:41:44 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-672 "Kay's" recipe is really Granny's. The best I remember, one year we made it (when Granny was there) and wrote it down as she did it. Kay typed it up and sent it out last year. The only thing different is that (I believe) Kay's deciphering of the recipe calls for 4 cups of celery. It's really 1 cup of celery, but over the years, someone checked off all the items and the 1 now looks like a 4!!! A pone is 1 cup of cornmeal, 1 tablespoon of flour, 2 eggs, milk, and a dash of salt. I make this dressing religiously every year and so far (knock on wood), it has turned out good. The one thing we (someone in the past as it's written later) did add to Granny's was the can of cream of chicken soup -- a good addition, I think. I always add garlic salt or powder and onion salt or powder. And -- SUE -- WHO are you calling picky and generally critical??!?!?! “Kay’s” recipe is really Granny’s. The best I remember, one year we made it (when Granny was there) and wrote it down as she did it. Kay typed it up and sent it out last year. The only thing different is that (I believe) Kay’s deciphering of the recipe calls for 4 cups of celery. It’s really 1 cup of celery, but over the years, someone checked off all the items and the 1 now looks like a 4!!! A pone is 1 cup of cornmeal, 1 tablespoon of flour, 2 eggs, milk, and a dash of salt. I make this dressing religiously every year and so far (knock on wood), it has turned out good. The one thing we (someone in the past as it’s written later) did add to Granny’s was the can of cream of chicken soup — a good addition, I think. I always add garlic salt or powder and onion salt or powder.

And — SUE — WHO are you calling picky and generally critical??!?!?!

]]> by: Jim http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-671 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:10:14 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-671 But you can't try to please everyone or you'll end up pleasing no one. Cook what tastes good to you, then <i>know</i> that it's good and be confident in serving it. But you can’t try to please everyone or you’ll end up pleasing no one. Cook what tastes good to you, then know that it’s good and be confident in serving it.

]]> by: Sue http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-670 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:07:23 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2005/11/29/dressing/#comment-670 Thanks for the advice. Like I mentioned in my blog, it's in the cooking for others that I become indecisive. I think of myself as one who prefers more spice, so I tend to overcompensate by underspicing when cooking for a group. I think that comes from cooking for picky and generally critical people. I still think I'll take next year off. Thanks for the advice. Like I mentioned in my blog, it’s in the cooking for others that I become indecisive. I think of myself as one who prefers more spice, so I tend to overcompensate by underspicing when cooking for a group. I think that comes from cooking for picky and generally critical people. I still think I’ll take next year off.

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