Thanksgiving Day- Sausage Stuffing

The Thanksgiving day feast is not complete without the perfect stuffing. This one is easily adaptable to your taste.

Ingredients
1 lb. bulk breakfast sausage
3/4 C. finely chopped onion
1 1/2 C. finely chopped celery
1 C. (combined) margarine and drippings from sausage
8 C. bread cubes
5 tsp. poultry seasoning
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper

Directions

Cook sausage. Drain. Melt margarine. Add enough to sausage drippings to make 1 C. Sauté onions and celery in margarine/dripping mixture until onion is tender. Do not brown. Stir in about 1/3 bread cubes. Put in big bowl and add remaining bread cubes, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Watch your hands, it's hot. Mix well. Stuff turkey. You can also omit the sausage, increase the bread cubes to 9 C., and add a tsp. or two of salt. You can also add apples, giblets, oysters, etc. This recipe is very adaptable. When cooking extra stuffing in the oven, place in a buttered casserole dish, and place in a pan of hot water. Cover and baste with turkey drippings occasionally