The Thanksgiving holiday seems to revolve around the bird. But what you serve with it can be just as important.

The Thanksgiving holiday seems to revolve around the bird. But what you serve with it can be just as important.
Having some ideas for special stuffing can go a long way toward making that holiday meal something special. So, here are some ideas from Schwebel Baking Co. on how to create great meals.
APRICOT-APPLE STUFFING
4 cups soft Schwebel's Giant Enriched Bread - cubed and toasted
11/2 cups peeled, diced apples
1 cup chopped dried apricots
2 tablespoonss brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoonss melted butter or margarine
Combine all ingredients and use to stuff your favorite meat. We recommend serving this stuffing with Roasted Duck.
PARSLEY STUFFING
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
1/2 cup chopped celery
6 cups Schwebel's Giant Enriched Bread - cubed and toasted
1 cup chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 egg - beaten
Simmer onion in butter until tender. Combine with bread cubes and remaining ingredients. This stuffing is a savory addition to poultry, fish or meat.
SAUSAGE-APPLE STUFFING
1/2 pound ground pork sausage
1/4 cup chopped onion
8 cups soft Schwebel's Giant Enriched Bread - cubed
2 cups peeled, diced apples
1/2 teaspoon sage
1 egg - beaten
1/2 cup milk
Place sausage in a hot skillet. After ir starts to brown, add onion and saut & eacute; until tender and meat is cooked. Combine bread cubes, apple and sage. Add sausage mixture, egg and milk, mix well. This stuffing goes well with vegetables and poultry.
HOT TOMATO-CHEESE SANDWICHES
2 tablespoonss prepared horseradish
2 tablespoonss chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped stuffed olives
11/2 cups hot cheese sauce
8 slices Schwebel's Giant Enriched Bread - toasted
8 tomato slices
3 tablespoonss buttered bread crumbs
Combine horse-radish, green peppers and olives to the cheese sauce. Arrange 4 slices of toast in a greased square baking dish. Pour 3.4 cup of cheese mixture over toast slices; top with four tomato slices and remaining toast. Pour the rest of the sauce over the sandwiches. Top with tomato slices and sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs. Broil for 10 min. Serves four.
SCRAMBLED EGG-BACON SANDWICHES
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup crisp, diced bacon
8 slices Schwebel's Giant Enriched Bread - buttered
Melt butter in a skillet. Add salt to eggs and pour into skillet. Cook slowly without stirring until eggs are partially done. Add bacon and stir until eggs are completely cooked. The cooked eggs, either hot or cold, make a good filling between buttered bread slices.
DOUBLE DECKER PORK CHOPS
4 cups soft Schwebel's Giant Enriched Bread - cubed
11/2 cups diced granny smith apples
3/4 cup chopped cranberries
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground sage
8 pork chops
Combine first six ingredients in a mixing bowl, set aside. Arrange four pork chops in an 8-inch square pan. Cover chops with stuffing mixture and top with remaining pork chops. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serves four.
BREAD TRIVIA
UBread is probably the one food eaten by people of every race, culture and religion.
UNapoleon gave a common bread its name when he demanded a loaf of dark rye bread for his horse during the Prussian campaign. & quot;Pain pour Nicole, & quot; he ordered, which meant & quot;Bread for Nicole, & quot; his horse. To Germanic ears, the request sounded like & quot;pumpernickel, & quot; which is the term we use today for this traditional loaf.
UIn Britain, the ceremony of First Footing is traditionally observed in the early hours of New Year's Day. A piece of bread is left outside a door, with a piece of coal and a silver coin, and is supposed to bring you food, warmth and riches in the year ahead.
UThe & quot;pocket & quot; in pita bread is made by steam. The steam puffs up the dough and, as the bread cools and flattens, a pocket is left in the middle.
UOne bread superstition is that if you put a piece of bread in a baby's cradle, it will keep away disease.
UThe fastest & quot;bun & quot; in the West goes to a team of bakers from Wheat Montana Farms and Bakery who reclaimed the Guinness World Record in 1995. They harvested and milled wheat from the field and then mixed, scaled, shaped and baked a loaf in exactly eight minutes, 13 seconds.
UMurphy's Law dictates that buttered bread will always land buttered-side down.
UBread is inexpensive. At an average cost of about $2 a loaf, bread is a strong nutrition value for the dollar.
UOne family of four can live 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat.
UNavian traditions hold that if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf, they are bound to fall in love.
UIn Russia, bread (and salt) are symbols of welcome.
USuperstition says it is bad luck to turn a loaf of bread upside down or cut an unbaked loaf.
ULegend has it that whoever eats the last piece of bread has to kiss the cook.
Source: www.grainpower.org