Memere Audet's meat stuffing

1 lbs ground beef

1 lbs. ground pork

4 potatoes, peeled and quartered

8 cloves , minced

2 onions finely diced

4 ribs celery rib, 1/8 inch pieces

3 slices bread, sweet batard

1/2 cup saltine crackers, crumbles

1 cup parsley, finely chopped

salt & freshly ground black pepper

Boil potatoes; set aside. Brown beef and pork, remove from pan, saving juices. 

Brown onion and celery lightly, stir in garlic and remove from heat. 

Pour all pan juices from meat and vegetables together with potatoes, bread, and crackers and mash lightly.

Mix with meat, stirring in parsley, salt, and pepper to taste. 

Stuff just before cooking turkey or cook separately in casserole at 350°, spooning over some juices from turkey occasionally.

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