A partner thread for the various Holiday planning threads — may all your efforts be well-rewarded, but, just in case!
What went wrong, who went wrong, and all the rest — this is a safe space for sharing, venting, and ranting!
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– Thanksgiving 2025 thread is here.
– Winter Holidays 2025 planning thread is here.
– 2024 Mishaps thread is here.
Hope I am using the appropriate thread but not sure if anyone will see this…my stuffing was a huge fail this year. I followed serious eats’ advice to use supermarket bread instead of french bread or foccacia due to “texture,” and after drying it in the oven according to Kenji’s directions, anticipated wonderful, “old-school” dense stuffing. Well, there is so much sugar in supermarket bread that I thought it was inedible. My guests said it was good but I was so disappointed after all of the trouble I took to make a huge amount. I gave a lot away but ended up tossing the rest. So, next year, I am back to cubed French bread with the crust taken off (which I freeze for amazing Caesar salad croutons). Live and learn.
That is sad, but as you say, live and learn!
Oh no! What a disappointment!
My aunt used to buy the white stuffing bread that becomes available around this time of year, and dry it out on the countertop for a day or two, or into the oven if it was more humid than usual. Most of us didn’t eat the stuffing back then 
(Nowadays we have switched to stuffing mix by popular demand.)
