This morning I saw a video of William H. Macy complaining (not sure to whom, he was at a dinner table with others, probably on some movie set) about turkey stuffing. That he "waits all year" to finally eat stuffing and he doesn't want it adulterated with oysters or artichokes or olives or any of that stuff, "just give me the stuff out of the bag".
And I have to admit: I relate. I've made it with sausage and with pecans and chestnuts and all kinds of things, but frankly, just give me the real deal with onions and celery and lots of sage and I'm happy. It also made me realize that I'm having Thanksgiving dinner this year with a couple who don't like stuffing. I'm not sure either one has actually ever eaten it, but the one time I asked a few years back her reason was "because it has too much rosemary in it." I think I'm going to make a little pot of it, bread pudding style and take that along. I didn't wait all year to have turkey and not have stuffing!!
How about the rest of you? What's in your stuffing?