How is stuffing stuffing if it's not stuffed in anything?

[Buddleja]

Just sitting here watching 'Jamie's Family Christmas' and he was making stuffing.

Anywho I'm now wondering if you don't stuff the stuff in to anything is it stuffing?

I mean if it's in a tray then it not really stuffed is it.

Maybe it should be call putting or traying or something else. I sense a restless night ahead of myself

I can see where you're coming from but maybe some food names are named because of what they have the capacity to do rather than how they are cooked ie
stuffing can be stuffed into things, crackling can sometimes crackle when eaten
dripping can be a bit drippy
iced gems could be considered akin to gemstones by some connoisseurs

maybe ?

Well, I think it's still 'something you stuff into something else', even if you haven't actually stuffed it - it still has the potential to be stuffed.

I suppose stuffing is becoming a little like one of those names that reflects the origin of something. e.g. Christmas mincemeat used to have meat in it, we used to put stuffing inside the meat, etc.

Sorry, I didn't mean we put stuffing inside the mincemeat. That would just be silly.

I got a recipe to make mincemeat this year but i chicken out just before I got to the butchers!!!

Next time I make stuffing in a tray I will make damn sure I stuff it into the tray - just to make it worthy of it's name.

I'm starting to realise that I'm a touch pedantic when it comes to cooking. Don't get me started on the 'Shepard's pie' make with beef. Humph

Of course, buuddleja, it should obviously be made with shepherds......

Shepards?

buddleia, it's called cottage pie when made with beef

I know!!!

That's my point I have had coutless 'discussions' (mainly in food shops) about this point when they have something labelled "Shepard's Pie" and it's made with beef!!!

There needs to be an Act written up I tell you!!!!!

Or maybe I need to build a bridge

just don't attempt Baked Alaska if taking things literally in the kitchen is your forte!

Good point - it is after all a tricky recipe I mean whose oven does Alaska fit into?

lol

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And are you planning Pigs in Blankets to go with your Christmas dinner?

lol RustyBear

to go with the Devils on Horseback!

I am planning on having chipolatas wrapped in bacon rashers for Christmas day - om yom yom

My mum calls them pigs in blankets - if she does this 25th I will eject her from the house whilst screaming 'Do you SEE any pigs? ARE there any blankets?!!' . I think that'll be a reasonable reaction on hearing those words.

We used to call Shepherds pie "Duncan Pie",

He was the local shepherd.

lol melted!