Meat Dressing

This recipe is adapted from my memories of my great-grandmother’s meat dressing. Meat dressing was a staple of Mamman’s Thanksgiving dinner table. As I worked to try to replicate this treasured taste memory, I discovered the secret was New Orleans French bread. Because of its airy lightness, simply softening stale French bread with a little water before mixing it into any stuffing recipe adds an indefinable texture and taste that, like the bread itself, cannot be replicated with anything el