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When I was little, I presumed that "stuffing" was a special brown vegetable we only had at Thanksgiving. I didn't realize till I was a teenager that it's basically wet bread with extra things. I think I was very ready to take things at face value as a child. There was magic cooking stuff in the fondue pot, my aunt's relationship with her female partner was entirely conventional, and stuffing grew on plants.

So, what do your families put in your stuffing? We're hosting Thanksgiving for the first time this year, and while I've made turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy before, I've never made more than the most basic stuffing. I went and bought a lot of Standard Stuffing Ingredients - onions, celery, sausages, oysters, dried cranberries, cremini mushrooms - but I don't know how they'll all go together os exactly what to do with them.

So, what do you like in your stuffing or dressing?

Also, I have found a recipe for a dark chocolate pecan pie. Is this heresy, blasphemy, or yummy?

I need a good cooking icon. Can Icontastic people create me one at some point? Also, a job hunt icon would be very useful. Perhaps with Indiana Jones, given my profession. I will sing your praises across the blogosphere.