Turkey and Dressing Sandwiches Recipe
Hello,
I've been trying to locate a recipe for Dubuque Turkey and Dressing Sandwiches, and was floored to find that it doesn't really seem to exist on the internet. I found one that looks like it could be close, but the proportions seemed off, and some that have things I know don't go in a traditional Dubuque one, like onion soup mix.
So I asked a lovely 90-year-old lady if she might still have an old church cookbook or something that would have such a recipe. She found an old handwritten recipe card for 100 Turkey and Dressing Sandwiches. The recipe is attributed to Betty Thomas, and says that it was printed in the KDTH March 1977 Newsletter.
I thought I'd share it here just to help keep it alive. Cremer's is definitely delicious, but I really want to be able to make these myself. Do you have an old turkey and dressing sandwich recipe you'd like to make sure isn't lost to time? Share it here if you like.
Turkey and Dressing Sandwiches for 100 from Betty Thomas
18-25lb turkey
100 slices of bread
20 cups diced celery
3 cups diced onions (a later note says "yellow, not sweet")
3 Tbsp salt
1 1/2 Tbsp pepper
1 Tbsp sage
More seasoning can be added to taste
Boil turkey covered with water until meat falls from bone. Reserve broth. Cut turkey into bite sized pieces. Put in roaster.
Add 100 slices of bread, broken up.
Add everything else.
Pour broth over mix until soggy. Bake with lid on for 1.5 hours at 325. Uncover and bake 15 minutes.
While it doesn't say to do this, I'd make sure to mix everything up well before starting the bake. But that's just something about these old recipes. They don't always list all the steps.
Anyway, if you give this a try, let me know if it tasted like you remember or if you had to doctor it up a bit? Enjoy!