My SIL's MIL and FIL were from Germany. They never heard of TG till they came over. She stuffed her turkey with rice because that was what a neighbor taught her when they first came over from Germany. Consequently, my SIL stuffs her turkey with rice & onions because that's what her husband is used to.
Like jnieman, I have to have sage stuffing--or any stuffing. (The rice comes out very bland and just isn't Thanksgiving to us.) When we eat TG dinner with a family who doesn't do stuffing, I will take a fennel/mushroom/bread pudding that tastes like--but isn't called--stuffing. Everybody likes it, and it takes well to gravy, although by then it's a heart attack on a plate due to the cream in the pudding.
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