I know you are correct but I think we interchange the words because we use the juice from the bird to make the dressing so we call it both although usually we call it dressing.
In fact, I’ll check with the wife to be sure but I don’t remember our making the distinction. She probably has and I never knew it. This is funny in a way. Of all the things we talk about this has never come up, until now.
ROFLOL
I was 100% tongue in cheek about the stuffing vs dressing post. This last month Food Network (which I watch more than anything else - it’s that, news or Sci-Fi for me) has been wall to wall Thanksgiving prep stuff. Emeril and Alton Brown (I think) both did the stuffing vs dressing question. I just couldn’t pass up the chance to post a (hopefully) funny post.
And, of course, Alton Brown went through his whole “stuffing is evil” phase built around the likelihood of ending up with food poisoning (he’s bent a little, but only a little).
My brother’s in laws had a lovely recipe for sausage and spinach “stuffing” that is prepared in a casserole (therefore it’s a dressing ;^> ) that we enjoy whenever we can find the recipe (it’s stored in the proverbial “safe” place).