Sugar's Cornbread Dressing
This was the same cornbread dressing Momma had made for as long as I could remember, using the cornbread recipe passed down from her mother, my Grandma Etchieson. I still make it much the same way today.
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Sugar's Giblet Gravy
Momma always served it alongside her cornbread dressing, a tradition I've carried on in my own kitchen. Although this recipe calls for chicken giblets, turkey giblets work equally well.
Grandma Etchieson's Cornbread
There's no flour or sugar in this old-fashioned recipe, just the wonderful flavor of cornmeal, buttermilk, and bacon drippings, with a crisp, golden crust from a cast-iron skillet.
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