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Reader: Take your Stove Top and get stuffed!

In her list of the top five absolute worst Thanksgiving side dishes, Jenn Wohletz gave a surprising thumb's up to Stove Top, the Kraft creation that revolutionized stuffing in 1972. But many purists did not appreciate her slight of from-scratch stuffing -- and some even came to the defense of...
By Patricia CalhounNovember 25, 2013
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In her list of the top five absolute worst Thanksgiving side dishes, Jenn Wohletz gave a surprising thumb’s up to Stove Top, the Kraft creation that revolutionized stuffing in 1972. But many purists did not appreciate her slight of from-scratch stuffing — and some even came to the defense of much-maligned tomato aspic and ambrosia.

See also: Top five absolute worst Thanksgiving side dishes

Says Jana.

Ambrosia is Southern and delicious. Stove Top is fucking garbage. Homemade DRESSING is heaven.

Adds elotescallejeros:

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That remark about from-scratch turkey stuffing has my blood boiling.

Take your Stove Top and go home!

Concludes joegauntt:

Stove Top? Why not microwave the turkey while you’re at it? Homemade stuffing/dressing is the best part of TG. Can’t believe a food writer would put that in print. Typical CO ignorance. Take a trip to Louisiana and tell me that Stove Top is a better option.

How do you feel about Stove Top? Tomato aspic? Ambrosia? What’s the one side dish you have to see on your Thanksgiving table?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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