Liver?

[carlotta]

Why not? Stuffing doesn't have to be grain based! The only kind I make any more is based on chestnuts.

I'm partial to the bready-goodness of stuffing (soaks up more gravy :) but I'd never come across a grain-free stuffing, so I guess that's my enlightenment for the morning.... do you just use chopped roasted chestnuts + usual stuffing ingredients? I'm intrigued

Still, the turkey's own liver is pretty large, I'm not sure I'd want more poultry livers in the stuffing.

My parents/grandparents/Thanksgiving meal preparers had never included the turkey liver/giblets in the stuffing, they were either a) tossed (my dad's mom) or b) used for stock to make the gravy (my parents & mom's mom), so when I added liver to mine it was kind of an epiphany. We've also tended toward making either roast duck or chicken the last few years for Thanksgiving (only two of us) and I always make the stuffing outside the bird since I want more than will fit in the little cavity (plus avoiding cooking/doneness hassles) so my ratio of liver from the bird to total liver in the stuffing is a bit skewed by that as well :)