A Stuffing Sack is a cheesecloth bag that you insert into the clean and lightly salted cavity of your turkey. You push it in and fluff it open, leaving the opening wide so that you can spoon in the stuffing. Don't pack the stuffing tightly. When all the stuffing in inside the sack, fold the cheesecloth closed and tuck it inside. On many turkeys their will be a flap that you can then pull over the open (and now stuffed) cavity and secure closed with two of the lacers from turkey lacer.
You will realize how wonderful this product is once your bird is cooked. It is very important to remove all of the stuffing from a cooked turkey, which is difficult when it has been stuffed the old way, without a stuffing sack. Place a bowl near the stuffed area of the bird and remove the pins holding the flap closed. Grab the folded end of the stuffing sack (and hang onto the bird) and gently pull out the stuffing sack. Dump the contents of the cheesecloth sack into the bowl and fluff with a fork. Voila! No digging for stuffing. Period.
Get yourself a box (they cost around $1.50) and it will make your holiday meal much more relaxed. The year I found out about these, I bought several and gave them to my friends - they are that great.
Happy Thanksgiving!
