Turkey Talk

With Thanksgiving Day coming up tomorrow, here are some miscellaneous items about Turkey Day.

True stories from the Butterball Turkey Hotline, where people call to get advice on how to cook a Turkey from the experts:

Tofu turkey? No matter how you slice it, Thanksgiving just isn't Thanksgiving without turkey. A restaurant owner in California wanted to know how to roast a turkey for a vegetarian menu.

Thanksgiving Dinner on the run. A woman called to find out how long it would take to roast her turkey. To answer the question, the Talk-Line home economist asked how much the bird weighed. The woman responded, "I don't know, it's still running around outside."

Then there's the time a lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

Snopes.com has the scoop on the "urban legends" surrounding the Butterball Holiday Hotline, here.

And finally, as a public service, here is a link for turkey hotlines around the country.