Every family has their own stuffing recipe. Some use cornbread, white bread and even White castle hamburgers. Oysters vs. mushrooms pork sausage. Our family uses toasted white bread cubes, dried whole sage leaves, onions and celery cooked in butter, salt & pepper to taste. Hubby has now demanded some pork sausage in it as well. And we do stuff the bird (!) and make a large casserole dish of same as there is never enough.