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re: Oyster vs Cornbread dressing

Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:05 am to
Posted by WhereisAtlanta
Member since Jun 2016
847 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:05 am to
Here is a little secret, you can make oyster dressing with cornbread rather than stale bread.
Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
7129 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:39 am to
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I’d love a good oyster dressing recipe if anybody has one



I came looking for the same. I've never had it but my dad's grandparents used to make it and he swears it was the best thing he used to eat at thanksgiving. For some reason he's never made it. My wife and kids don't like oysters so if I were to ever try it, it'd have to be at my folks house.

I found this Ruffino's youtube video... LINK
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61684 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:49 am to
If I had to eat at a strangers house, I take cornbread dressing 10 out of 10.

If I had to eat down South at a relatives, I prob go 50/50.

If I am at my families and we have the version there....oyster 10 out of 10 times. Not a doubt. One of my favorite foods much less dressing choice.
Posted by Dissident Aggressor
Member since Aug 2011
5798 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 9:51 am to
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I’d love a good oyster dressing recipe if anybody has one

google "Franks oyster dressing"
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
6571 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 10:32 am to
corn bread dressing is good and all, but it doesnt hold a candle to a good oyster dressing.

a bad oyster dressing is a fast candidate to "scoop it under the table for the dog".
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
17722 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 10:43 am to
We make them both and I love them both but my favorite is oyster. More of a unique Louisiana thing.
Posted by Sailorjerry
Lafitte
Member since Sep 2013
857 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 3:50 pm to
we only make it with stale french bread, seasonings and oyster! Never ground meat!
Posted by KyrieElaison
Tennessee
Member since Oct 2014
2638 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 4:25 pm to
Cornbread dressing, shrimp and eggplant dressing and rice dressing
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
17722 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 4:26 pm to
I put ground meat in mine because that is the way my Grandmother used to do it and she made the best.
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
15642 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 7:30 pm to
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What? No. I’m from New Orleans, not Cajun and grew up with oyster dressing every holiday.


grew up with both. moms family was from arkansas so they made cornbread dressing.

shrimp merliton dressing too mmmmm
Posted by BillF
New York, New York
Member since Jan 2006
5792 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 8:39 pm to
Any particular reason you decided to curse everyone because of dressing? That's usually Rant Board stuff.
Posted by riverdiver
Summerville SC
Member since May 2022
3102 posts
Posted on 11/23/22 at 10:09 pm to
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its both from where the inlaws are from down around Bordelonville. LINK


My grand dad always made oyster dressing, I’ve been looking for a recipe to make for Christmas as a tribute to him. Will probably try this.
Posted by BLP
In the woods
Member since Jul 2022
193 posts
Posted on 11/24/22 at 5:43 am to
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Oyster dressing all the way. I’m the only person left in the family who eats it, but I’m still making it this year (despite the exorbitant oyster prices) because it isn’t Thanksgiving without it.


Same here. The rest of the family doesn't like oysters. I've been making it in a small round casserole dish for myself for the last 15 years or so. Fresh raw oysters is the only way for me. I have friends that use those canned smoked oysters and that stuff tastes nasty.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
38316 posts
Posted on 11/24/22 at 7:13 am to
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What? No. I’m from New Orleans, not Cajun and grew up with oyster dressing every holiday.

In fairness to the other guys comment, only people from South Louisiana know or care that all people from SLA aren’t Cajun.
This post was edited on 11/24/22 at 7:14 am
Posted by bossflossjr
The Great State of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
12284 posts
Posted on 11/24/22 at 8:26 am to
We make oyster dressing w cast iron cornbread instead of stale bread/crumbs. It’s excellent. Superior imo.
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
11715 posts
Posted on 11/24/22 at 10:43 am to
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Lotta hicks in this thread.


I see that.

My wife is from Georgia, after her 1st Thanksgiving with my family she saw that she needed to drop her "oysters are yucky" bit and become a more sophisticated eater. She learned to make oyster dressing, thanks to Richard Collins, and now my in-laws prefer it over cornbread.
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