Mama Routt'S Dressing

• VEGETABLE BASE:
• 1/4 lb butter or oleo
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1-1/2 bell pepper, chopped
• 2 onions, chopped
• parsley, chopped (heavy on the parsley)
• salt and pepper
• CORNBREAD
• about 1/4 c bacon grease
• 2 c corn meal
• 3 t baking powder
• 2 t salt
• 2 eggs
• milk
• COMBINE
• 1 day-old loaf of white bread broken into small pieces (about the size of a nickel)
• celery seed
• sage
• poultry seasoning
• STUFFING THE TURKEY
• 1 onion, finely diced

1. VEGETABLE BASE:
2. 1. Melt butter in large fry pan.
3. 2. Add chopped vegetables along with parsley, salt and pepper. Saute until soft, but not brown.
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5. CORNBREAD:
6. 3. Meanwhile, make the cornbread. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
7. 4. Put pan with bacon grease in oven.
8. 5. Into a bowl that will not melt, combine corn meal, baking powder, salt and eggs and a bit of milk.
9. 6. When bacon grease is hot, mix with the corn meal mixture. More milk may be needed. Mixture should describe.
10. 7. Transfer to a pie pan and bake until done. (?)
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12. COMBINE:
13. 8. Crumble 3/4 of the cornbread and the entire loaf of bread.
14. 9. Add celery seed, sage and/or poultry seasoning. Add salt and pepper to taste.
15. **********
16. STUFFING THE TURKEY
17. 10. Just before stuffing the turkey, add finely diced onion and 1/4 lb of melted butter to bread mixture.
18. 11. Mix well.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/mama-routts-dressing-52967661 (may not work)