Mom's Holiday Turkey and Dressing
- 25 lbs turkey
- 1 turkey heart
- 2 turkey gizzards
- 1 turkey neck
- 1 turkey liver
- 1 medium onion
- 14 cup parsley flakes
- 2 bay leaves
- salt and pepper
- 1 -2 bunch celery
- 3 -5 medium onions
- 2 (16 ounce) packages stuffing cubes
- 2 eggs
- salt and pepper
- 12 lb oleo
- 64 ounces water
- Make your dressing the day before your meal.
- Remove heart, gizzards, liver and neck from thawed turkey and place in pan with enough water to keep covered while boiling; skim off foam.
- Add salt, pepper, onion, parsley flakes and bay leaf.
- Cook about 3 hours or until tender; remove from heat; save broth for later.
- Depending on size of turkey, grind the celery, onions, heart, gizzards, liver and meat from neck.
- In 10 inch fry pan, fry ground up mixture until water evaporates; cool.
- In a large roaster, using your hands, combine stuffing cubes and eggs with fried mixture; moisten with broth.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- To prepare turkey, stuff both cavities with the dressing and close up.
- Melt oleo; pour over turkey.
- Cover wings and legs with foil.
- Pour remainder of broth on turkey.
- If needed, add water so you have 2 inches of liquid in roaster.
- Roast at 375 degrees for 3/4 hour uncovered.
- Turn oven down to 325 degrees; cover and continue cooking until legs begin to pull away from turkey.
- Baste occasionally.
- From a distance, make sure the little ones get to see that bird coming out of the oven to be basted.
- It's a real treat for them.
- When done, remove stuffing to serving dish.
- Good luck removing turkey from roaster.
- Carve, serve, and give thanks.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/moms-holiday-turkey-and-dressing-353289 (may not work)