Turkey help is a call away
Associated Press
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:
888-674-6854. Food safety specialists answer calls about meat
and poultry preparation and cooking questions, year-round Monday
to Friday, 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. MST, except Thanksgiving Day, when hours
will be from 6 a.m. to noon MST. 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: 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 free pamphlet with safety and cooking
tips and recipes.
- Wednesday November 19, 2004 through Friday, 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. MST.
- Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST.
- Monday through Nov. 26, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
MST.
- Nov. 27, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. MST.
- Nov. 28 to Dec. 23, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MST.
- Dec. 24 to Dec. 25, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MST.
- Dec. 26, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST.
- On the Net: www.butterball.com
Foster Farms Turkey Helpline: 800-255-7227. Turkey-cooking
questions are answered and information given
by live operators 24 hours a day Nov. 19 through Dec. 1 (including
Thanksgiving Day).
Before and after those dates, the helpline is
available 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. MST, Monday through Friday.
On the Net: www.fosterfarms.com
Perdue consumer help line: 800-473-7383. Consumer-relations
representatives answer cooking, storage and other
questions about poultry products weekdays year-round (except Nov.
28 and Christmas
Day) 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. MST. Free booklet offer
with tips on safe handling of poultry.
Longer hours Thanksgiving week:
- Monday and Tuesday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST.
- Wednesday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. MST.
- Thanksgiving Day, 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. MST.
- On the Net: www.perdue.com
Shady Brook Farms Turkey Line: 888-723-4468. An automated service
offering information on buying and cooking turkeys.
On the Net: www.shadybrookfarms.com
Empire Kosher poultry customer hotline: 800-367-4734,
or 717-436-5921. Help is offered by consumer-affairs representatives
year-round Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. MST; Friday, 6 a.m.
to 1 p.m. MST. 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 800-662-3263. Year-round, weekdays
(open Thanksgiving Day; but not Christmas Day,
New Year's Day and other major holidays) 7 a.m.
to 2 p.m. MST. 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 800-745-4000. A year-round 24-hour
automated hot line; 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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