Stuffing Your Thanksgiving Turkey

I still like to put my stuffing directly into the turkey cavity. My mother did it for years and so have I and it's perfectly safe. No one has ever gotten ill from this. However, scooping the stuffing out can be quite messy.

I learned many years ago to wrap the stuffing in a layer or two of cheesecloth and then put it in the bird. When the bird is done, I just pull the cheesecloth out, unwrap it and put the stuffing in a dish. The result is a clean turkey. When all the meat is gone, the turkey is nice and clean to make soup.