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Hot lines and Web sites get cooks out of holiday pickles
©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: Toll-free 1-800-535-4555. Food safety specialists answer calls about meat and poultry preparation and cooking questions, year-round Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Recorded information is available 24 hours a day at the same number. Also available in Spanish. On the Web: www.fsis.usda.gov. Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: Toll free 1-800-288-8372. Automated assistance for holiday questions, in both English and Spanish. All callers receive a free calendar, with recipes. Hearing- and speech-impaired assistance (800) TDD-3848. On the Web: www.butterball.com. Foster Farms Turkey Helpline: Toll-free 1-800-255-7227. Helpline is available 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday. After-hours automated service is available. Free brochures and recipes are offered. On the Web: www.fosterfarms.com. Land O'Lakes Holiday Bakeline: Toll-free1-800-782-9606. Baking specialists are available for questions or suggestions through Dec. 24, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., 7 days a week. Free recipe leaflet for all callers or Web site visitors. On the Web: www.landolakes.com. Perdue consumer help line: Toll-free 1-800-473-7383. Consumer-relations representatives answer cooking, storage and other questions about poultry products weekdays year-round (except Christmas Day) 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free booklet offer with tips on safe handling of poultry. On the Web: www.perdue.com. Empire Kosher poultry customer hotline: Toll-free 1-800-367-4734. Help is offered by consumer-affairs representatives year-round Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST; Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Program offers recipes, newsletter, video, tips on defrosting and cooking poultry. Closed Jewish and secular holidays. On the Web: www.empirekosher.com. Ocean Spray consumer help line: Toll-free 1-800-662-3263. Year-round, weekdays (but not Christmas Day, New Year's Day and other major holidays) 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Consumer department staff field questions on cranberries, offer recipes, cooking tips, nutritional information, menu-planning worksheets, product information. On the Web: www.oceanspray.com. Reynolds Turkey Tips Line: Toll-free 1-800-745-4000. 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 Web: www.reynoldskitchens.com. Other helpful Web sites:www.turkeyhelp.com. Cook's Illustrated magazine's site features detailed guidance and recipes, for preparing turkey and all the trimmings, plus dessert, with bright step-by-step visuals. www.eatturkey.com. The National Turkey Federation Web site has recipes and cooking tips among its year-round general information. www.mccormick.com. Includes a holiday entertaining guide. www.starchefs.com offers holiday recipes, with tips from professional chefs and cookbook writers, from turkey through desserts.
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