Hello Keltin,

We gotta stick together on this stuffing thing but it would help if I knew what duxelles are? Can you let me know please. And thank you for the nice welcome aboard you gave me when I 1st signed on. By the way in a world of many spices and flavorings, what is your all time favorite? Mine is cinnamon...then pure vanilla extract..for sweet dishes. Garlic for anything else not sweet!!! Of couse they are all good, I not too long ago learned of a mix called "adobo" used by my many Mexican and Latino friends...LOVE IT!
I guess it is a seasoned salt, but is available just about everywhere.

Happy Cooking, Cathy

I just Looked up duxelles, I never knew the term for that concoction. If you saute it in wine I imagine it would be very tasty in stuffings for seafood especially!

I’m with you Cathy, we must unite and stick together to protect our glorious Southern Stuffing! LOL!

A duxelles is a mixture of finely chopped mushrooms, shallots, onions, and herbs sautéed in wine or butter (or both). It’s the base for many stuffing’s and sauces. Depending on the recipe, this might all that is used for stuffing.

As for my favorite spices? I loved seasoned salt, garlic powder, and onion powder. Those three make up my “Essence”.

Then of course sea salt, fresh ground pepper (it does make a difference to freshly grind it!).

Vanilla Extract is amazing. It smells so good, I want to drink it straight. In fact, I tried once......I don’t recommend doing that! LOL!

You beat me to it! LOL! It's amazing that even simple mixtures like that get their own names. Good stuff!

Yes indeed very good! And thank you for the definition!
I might make mention of this new way of preparing chicken thighs that I have; after washing thighs I remove skin and excess fat with kitchen shears, then I sprinkle with Adobo & garlic powder and place in crockpot, cover thighs with Bottled Hot Wing sauce and cook on slow all day. This was my answer to Hot Wings costing a bit more that I like to pay and the thighs you can catch on sale, and you get more meat and the taste is wonderful,,, I sometimes serve w/ a plate of sliced avacado, diced tomato, shredded cheese and warm tortillas to wrap the meat in and YUMMY! Easy & quick meal after getting home from work!