Talking turkey with some helpful hotlines
November 25, 2015 8:55 PM Subscribe
The Turkey Hotline Exists and Here is Everything You Need to Know About It - well, it's six key facts about the Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line, including that it started in 1981, and a reminder that it was featured in The West Wing. To make your references a bit more current, here's Stephen Colbert's call to the hotline this year and part two. Butterball's not the only game in town - you can also contact the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline, or hear a pre-recorded message from Rob Zombie and PETA.
Today.com has some tips from, and insight into, the Butterball Hotline HQ (auto-playing video up top), and lots of odd and funny calls have been shared online, if you worry that you're inquiry will be too strange.
Today.com has some tips from, and insight into, the Butterball Hotline HQ (auto-playing video up top), and lots of odd and funny calls have been shared online, if you worry that you're inquiry will be too strange.
I scrubbed my raw turkey with a toothbrush dipped in bleach for three hours. Is that enough to kill the harmful bacteria?
Dear Ask Metafilter...
posted by Itaxpica at 9:00 PM on November 25, 2015 [5 favorites]
Dear Ask Metafilter...
posted by Itaxpica at 9:00 PM on November 25, 2015 [5 favorites]
Dear Butterball Hotline, as god is my witness ...
posted by RobotHero at 9:03 PM on November 25, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by RobotHero at 9:03 PM on November 25, 2015 [11 favorites]
Butterball's Twitter feed is obsessed with Drake's hit (Hotline Bling).
gg @Butterball, gg.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:06 PM on November 25, 2015 [6 favorites]
gg @Butterball, gg.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:06 PM on November 25, 2015 [6 favorites]
Another source for solutions: Food52's 99 Thanksgiving Problems (and solutions) includes the option to ask your questions and get a timely response via their comments field. So far, comments are appropriate.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:11 PM on November 25, 2015
posted by filthy light thief at 9:11 PM on November 25, 2015
NyTimes easy, delicious, turkey I made that my Tibetan Book of the Dead for this Thanksgiving. Solstice next. Om mane padme yum.
posted by Oyéah at 9:18 PM on November 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Oyéah at 9:18 PM on November 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I got 99 problems, but the bird ain't one
posted by wotsac at 9:23 PM on November 25, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by wotsac at 9:23 PM on November 25, 2015 [4 favorites]
I'm sorta curious why Colbert talks to Nicole, Shannon, Janice, and Chef Tony. Do Nicole, Shannon and Janice not have any credentials? Did they have to gin up some credentials for Tony in order to make it credible that a man would know something about cooking turkey?
posted by jacquilynne at 9:31 PM on November 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 9:31 PM on November 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
Did they have to gin up some credentials for Tony in order to make it credible that a man would know something about cooking turkey?
One of the links above points out that the hotline only got its first male expert (and even then only one out of fifty) in 2013, so this is entirely possible.
posted by Itaxpica at 9:36 PM on November 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
One of the links above points out that the hotline only got its first male expert (and even then only one out of fifty) in 2013, so this is entirely possible.
posted by Itaxpica at 9:36 PM on November 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I scrubbed my raw turkey with a toothbrush dipped in bleach for three hours. Is that enough to kill the harmful bacteria?
Dear Ask Metafilter...
Can I still use the toothbrush?
posted by asperity at 9:38 PM on November 25, 2015 [6 favorites]
Dear Ask Metafilter...
Can I still use the toothbrush?
posted by asperity at 9:38 PM on November 25, 2015 [6 favorites]
Unfortunately, I fear the Butterball hotline may see an increase in crank calls this year, thanks to Colbert. In addition, the lack of a resolution to the Chef Tony story is deeply unsatisfying.
posted by zachlipton at 10:16 PM on November 25, 2015
posted by zachlipton at 10:16 PM on November 25, 2015
If it were me, I'd probably just turn up the oven and cook it and eat it.
posted by GospelofWesleyWillis at 12:24 AM on November 26, 2015
posted by GospelofWesleyWillis at 12:24 AM on November 26, 2015
hear a pre-recorded message from Rob Zombie and PETA.
Not a knock on this post by any means, but that is so far down the list of things I want to do today or any day.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:59 AM on November 26, 2015 [8 favorites]
Not a knock on this post by any means, but that is so far down the list of things I want to do today or any day.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:59 AM on November 26, 2015 [8 favorites]
Colbert's bit about they've been in business since 1981, but they have yet to save a turkey's life put me on the ground rolling...
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:27 AM on November 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:27 AM on November 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Turkey confidential (The Splendid Table call-in show) starts at 11am CST today too
posted by strange chain at 6:09 AM on November 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by strange chain at 6:09 AM on November 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Mass Effect fans: Even the Illusive Man calls the Butterball Hotline.
posted by scaryblackdeath at 11:48 AM on November 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by scaryblackdeath at 11:48 AM on November 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
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