Everyone by now has heard or read about the Butterball turkey hotline, a toll free number staffed by Butterball turkey experts, just waiting for the next ridiculous call. Since the early ’80′s Butterball has staffed their hotline with live people and those folks have dispensed countless hours of advice. And not all questions are ridiculous.
In fact, the questions over the years have helped shape Butterballs’ message to home cooks. The number is 1-800-BUTTERBALL — you’ll recognize that there are too many numbers for a 10 digit phone number, but no matter. Just start dialing and it will connect before you get to the last 3 digits (The number is 1-800-288-8372.)
Butterball is part of the National Turkey Federation, along with the other big poultry producers, Foster Farms and Jennie-O, and others. The federation has its own website, which is much deeper than the Butterball site, just because it is more or less a compilation of all the members’ sites information. That’s not to discredit the Butterball site. It’s pretty incredible, and perfect for any questions regarding buying, storing, and cooking turkeys.
As you prepare for Thanksgiving (as well as the December holidays), spend some time at www.eatturkey.com. You’ll find a wealth of information from how much turkey to buy for your crowd to some pretty unique recipes, especially for leftovers (Grilled Turkey, Apple and Cheese Sandwiches, for example) as well as very traditional recipes for bread stuffing or cornbread dressing. Happy Thanksgiving.
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