{"id":222143,"date":"2025-11-13T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=222143"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:02:11","slug":"is-it-dressing-or-stuffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing","title":{"rendered":"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first iteration of the dish we now know as stuffing was, unsurprisingly, crammed inside of something. The ancient Roman cookbook <em>De Re Coquinaria<\/em> called for inserting grains, minced meat, crushed nuts, black pepper, and broth into everything from a hare to a wild boar to the delicacy of a dormouse.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled big\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"title\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-newsletter-big.jpg\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"dek\">Distilled is our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"222143\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>That tradition changed names over time. In the fourteenth century, stuffing was called \u201cfarce;\u201d in the seventeenth century (regrettably) it was \u201cforcemeat\u201d; and sometime in the nineteenth century, around the same time that the dish gained prominence as a holiday side, fragile Victorian sensibilities deemed \u201cstuffing\u201d gauche and embraced the term \u201cdressing,\u201d a change that resonated in the American South.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere along the way, people started baking the dish outside the meat, too, as a casserole\u2014and if you ask many Southerners today (as we did), they\u2019ll often point to this mode of preparation as justification for their preferred term. That may not be <em>totally<\/em> fair, though, as modern food safety standards tend to advise not cooking stuffing inside the bird, given how hard it is to bring it to a safe temperature without drying out the meat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what you call it may boil down less to cooking tradition and more to family tradition (or as our readers put it,&nbsp;\u201cwhat mama said\u201d). When in doubt,&nbsp;follow the advice of chef Mason Hereford, who grew up saying&nbsp;\u201cstuffing\u201d&nbsp;but now calls his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/recipe\/a-chefs-secret-ingredient-for-thanksgiving-dressing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perfected version<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cdressing\u201d&nbsp;per&nbsp;the custom of his&nbsp;adopted hometown, New Orleans: \u201cWherever you are, call it what the locals call it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for more wisdom from\u00a0<em>G&amp;G\u00a0<\/em>readers.<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-7423489\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1304939\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2427968\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-subheader\"><h2>Team Dressing<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Northerners stuff a turkey. Our dressing is worthy on its own. Doesn&#8217;t need to be hidden in a bird. <em>\u2014Sally M.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew up in North Carolina\u2026it\u2019s dressing. I have lived in Georgia for thirty-three years\u2026it\u2019s dressing. We have always and will always bake our delicious cornbread dressing in a Pyrex casserole dish. <em>\u2014Debbie H.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s dressing because that&#8217;s the way my grandmothers and my mother did it. It was a side dish rather than &#8220;stuffed&#8221; inside the main course. <em>\u2014Frank P.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dressing, since Mom and Momo called it that.<em> \u2014Roger B.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s what my mom said it was and her mom said it was: dressing. <em>\u2014Kim F.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-4527763\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8944257\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1507389\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>It is absolutely dressing because it is cooked in a cast-iron pan, not inside the turkey! <em>\u2014Judy R.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely dressing, because it \u201cdresses up\u201d any plate it\u2019s served on, and is never \u201cstuffed\u201d inside a bird.<em> \u2014Janice E.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s only stuffing if you insert it into the turkey&#8230;and by the time the stuffing is cooked through the turkey is dry. You gotta keep &#8217;em separated. <em>\u2014Rhonda F.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stuffing is inside the bird and dressing is outside the bird. Team dressing just because that\u2019s how mama made it. <em>\u2014Kathy C.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-subheader\"><h2>A Lone (but Solid) Argument for Stuffing<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course it&#8217;s stuffing! We stuff the bird, then we stuff ourselves. It\u2019s the stuff Thanksgiving is all about!<em> \u2014Patty B.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3755669\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8212385\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8205663\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-subheader\"><h2>Playing Both Sides<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s of course both! Those two words are exactly the same in the Deep South. <em>\u2014Grady R.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have both. Stuffing is in the bird, dressing is baked separately. My wife knows things! <em>\u2014Mike M.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up in the Northeast, it was stuffing whether it was inside the bird or baked in a casserole dish. I discovered \u201cdressing\u201d when I moved to Alabama. Cornbread-based and inside or outside of the bird.<em> \u2014Lauren D.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-subheader\"><h2>Say What Now?<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m throwing a monkey wrench into the controversy. In Pennsylvania, we call it filling. <em>\u2014Suzanne L.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2200074\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1484958\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-7815438\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":222144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1780],"tags":[29711,17674,53,30280],"authors":[29332],"issue":[],"recipe-type":[],"class_list":["post-222143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-drink","tag-food-drink","tag-talk-of-the-south","tag-thanksgiving","tag-whats-new","authors-lindsey-liles"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is It Dressing or Stuffing? &#8211; Garden &amp; Gun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Garden &amp; Gun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gardenandgun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T19:25:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T20:02:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790-1600x1067.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Madison Powers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gardenandgun\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gardenandgun\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Madison Powers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab44956138a5a54065f0e73c67f6e1f\"},\"headline\":\"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T19:25:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T20:02:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\"},\"wordCount\":640,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Food &amp; drink\",\"Talk of the South\",\"Thanksgiving\",\"What&#039;s New\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; Drink\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\",\"name\":\"Is It Dressing or Stuffing? &#8211; Garden &amp; Gun\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T19:25:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T20:02:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg\",\"width\":2250,\"height\":1500,\"caption\":\"Mason Hereford\u2019s Thanksgiving dressing.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/\",\"name\":\"Garden &amp; Gun\",\"description\":\"Garden and Gun magazine celebrates the modern South and features the best in Southern food, style, travel, music, art, literature, and sporting culture.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Garden & Gun\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19_08_GG_Email_Popup_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19_08_GG_Email_Popup_logo.jpg\",\"width\":166,\"height\":26,\"caption\":\"Garden & Gun\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gardenandgun\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/gardenandgun\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gardenandgun\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/gardenandgun\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Gardenandgun\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab44956138a5a54065f0e73c67f6e1f\",\"name\":\"Madison Powers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b97f9591e48c45991f00c194dfaef9fd06e3c22660e1a8a0c9e81d6abd5676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b97f9591e48c45991f00c194dfaef9fd06e3c22660e1a8a0c9e81d6abd5676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Madison Powers\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is It Dressing or Stuffing? &#8211; Garden &amp; Gun","description":"Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?","og_description":"Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side","og_url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/","og_site_name":"Garden &amp; Gun","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gardenandgun","article_published_time":"2025-11-13T19:25:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-13T20:02:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1067,"url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790-1600x1067.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Madison Powers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gardenandgun","twitter_site":"@gardenandgun","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/"},"author":{"name":"Madison Powers","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab44956138a5a54065f0e73c67f6e1f"},"headline":"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?","datePublished":"2025-11-13T19:25:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-13T20:02:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/"},"wordCount":640,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg","keywords":["Food &amp; drink","Talk of the South","Thanksgiving","What&#039;s New"],"articleSection":["Food &amp; Drink"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/","url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/","name":"Is It Dressing or Stuffing? &#8211; Garden &amp; Gun","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-13T19:25:37+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-13T20:02:11+00:00","description":"Readers weigh in on the controversial nomenclature of a beloved Thanksgiving side","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stuffing_201109_TW_tether.7_0790.jpg","width":2250,"height":1500,"caption":"Mason Hereford\u2019s Thanksgiving dressing."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/is-it-dressing-or-stuffing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is It Dressing or Stuffing?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/","name":"Garden &amp; Gun","description":"Garden and Gun magazine celebrates the modern South and features the best in Southern food, style, travel, music, art, literature, and sporting culture.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#organization","name":"Garden & Gun","url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19_08_GG_Email_Popup_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19_08_GG_Email_Popup_logo.jpg","width":166,"height":26,"caption":"Garden & Gun"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gardenandgun","https:\/\/x.com\/gardenandgun","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gardenandgun\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/gardenandgun\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Gardenandgun"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab44956138a5a54065f0e73c67f6e1f","name":"Madison Powers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b97f9591e48c45991f00c194dfaef9fd06e3c22660e1a8a0c9e81d6abd5676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7b97f9591e48c45991f00c194dfaef9fd06e3c22660e1a8a0c9e81d6abd5676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Madison Powers"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222243,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222143\/revisions\/222243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222143"},{"taxonomy":"authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors?post=222143"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=222143"},{"taxonomy":"recipe-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe-type?post=222143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}