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11-21-2004, 12:34 PM
Toll-free telephone services and Web sites offer a variety of specialist answers to cooking and food-safety questions during holiday preparation times. Here are some of them:
U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline: 1-888-674-6854. Food-safety specialists answer calls about meat and poultry preparation and cooking questions, year-round Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except Thanksgiving Day, when hours will be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Recorded information is available 24 hours a day at the same number. Also available in Spanish.
On the Net: www.fsis.usda.gov
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 1-800-288-8372. Home economists and nutritionists answer holiday cooks' questions, in both English and Spanish, for callers in the United States and Canada. Callers can request a free pamphlet with safety and cooking tips and recipes.
Weekend before Thanksgiving, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday to Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday to Dec. 23, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dec. 26, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Automated assistance available outside the above hours and all year long.
On the Net: www.butterball.com
Foster Farms Turkey Helpline: 1-800-255-7227. Turkey-cooking questions are answered and information given by live operators 24 hours a day through Nov. 29 (including Thanksgiving Day). After that, the helpline is available 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
On the Net: www.fosterfarms.com
Perdue consumer help line: 1-800-473-7383. Consumer-relations representatives answer cooking, storage and other questions about poultry products weekdays year-round (except Nov. 28 and Christmas Day) 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free booklet offer with tips on safe handling of poultry.
Longer hours Thanksgiving week:
Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On the Net: www.perdue.com
Shady Brook Farms: 1-888-723-4468.
On the Net: www.shadybrookfarms.com
Honeysuckle White: 1-800-810-6325. Automated holiday-meal information lines offer 24-hour service every day throughout the holidays, including meal planning, buying and cooking turkeys.
On the Net: www.honeysucklewhite.com
Empire Kosher poultry customer hotline: 1-800-367-4734. Help is offered by consumer-affairs representatives year-round Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Program offers recipes, newsletter, tips on defrosting and cooking poultry. Closed Jewish and secular holidays.
On the Net: www.empirekosher.com
Ocean Spray consumer help line: 1-800-662-3263. Year-round, weekdays (open Thanksgiving Day; but not Christmas Day, New Year's Day and other major holidays) 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Consumer department staff field questions on cranberries, offer recipes, cooking tips, nutritional information, menu-planning worksheets, product information.
On the Net: www.oceanspray.com
Reynolds Turkey Tips Line: 1-800-745-4000. A year-round 24-hour automated hotline; through Dec. 31 offers advice on turkey defrosting, preparation and cooking options; free brochure and recipes.
On the Net: www.reynoldskitchens.com
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www.turkeyhelp.com Cook's Illustrated magazine's site features detailed guidance and recipes, for preparing turkey and all the trimmings, including apple and pumpkin pies, with bright step-by-step visuals.
www.eatturkey.com The National Turkey Federation Web site has Thanksgiving recipes and cooking tips, among its year-round general information.
www.mccormick.com Includes a holiday entertaining guide.
www.starchefs.com/thanksgiving/2004/html/index.shtml Thanksgiving and holiday recipes, with tips from professional chefs and cookbook writers, from turkey through desserts.
www.southernfood.about.com Offers Thanksgiving recipes and turkey information and hints.
www.bhg.com Offers Thanksgiving planning and advice.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline: 1-888-674-6854. Food-safety specialists answer calls about meat and poultry preparation and cooking questions, year-round Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except Thanksgiving Day, when hours will be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Recorded information is available 24 hours a day at the same number. Also available in Spanish.
On the Net: www.fsis.usda.gov
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 1-800-288-8372. Home economists and nutritionists answer holiday cooks' questions, in both English and Spanish, for callers in the United States and Canada. Callers can request a free pamphlet with safety and cooking tips and recipes.
Weekend before Thanksgiving, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday to Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday to Dec. 23, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dec. 26, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Automated assistance available outside the above hours and all year long.
On the Net: www.butterball.com
Foster Farms Turkey Helpline: 1-800-255-7227. Turkey-cooking questions are answered and information given by live operators 24 hours a day through Nov. 29 (including Thanksgiving Day). After that, the helpline is available 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
On the Net: www.fosterfarms.com
Perdue consumer help line: 1-800-473-7383. Consumer-relations representatives answer cooking, storage and other questions about poultry products weekdays year-round (except Nov. 28 and Christmas Day) 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free booklet offer with tips on safe handling of poultry.
Longer hours Thanksgiving week:
Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On the Net: www.perdue.com
Shady Brook Farms: 1-888-723-4468.
On the Net: www.shadybrookfarms.com
Honeysuckle White: 1-800-810-6325. Automated holiday-meal information lines offer 24-hour service every day throughout the holidays, including meal planning, buying and cooking turkeys.
On the Net: www.honeysucklewhite.com
Empire Kosher poultry customer hotline: 1-800-367-4734. Help is offered by consumer-affairs representatives year-round Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Program offers recipes, newsletter, tips on defrosting and cooking poultry. Closed Jewish and secular holidays.
On the Net: www.empirekosher.com
Ocean Spray consumer help line: 1-800-662-3263. Year-round, weekdays (open Thanksgiving Day; but not Christmas Day, New Year's Day and other major holidays) 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Consumer department staff field questions on cranberries, offer recipes, cooking tips, nutritional information, menu-planning worksheets, product information.
On the Net: www.oceanspray.com
Reynolds Turkey Tips Line: 1-800-745-4000. A year-round 24-hour automated hotline; through Dec. 31 offers advice on turkey defrosting, preparation and cooking options; free brochure and recipes.
On the Net: www.reynoldskitchens.com
ONLINE
www.turkeyhelp.com Cook's Illustrated magazine's site features detailed guidance and recipes, for preparing turkey and all the trimmings, including apple and pumpkin pies, with bright step-by-step visuals.
www.eatturkey.com The National Turkey Federation Web site has Thanksgiving recipes and cooking tips, among its year-round general information.
www.mccormick.com Includes a holiday entertaining guide.
www.starchefs.com/thanksgiving/2004/html/index.shtml Thanksgiving and holiday recipes, with tips from professional chefs and cookbook writers, from turkey through desserts.
www.southernfood.about.com Offers Thanksgiving recipes and turkey information and hints.
www.bhg.com Offers Thanksgiving planning and advice.