The Associated Press
Here's a sampling of toll-free telephone services and Web sites that answer cooking and questions during holiday preparation times.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry hot line: (800) 535-4555. Food safety specialists take meat and poultry preparation and cooking questions, year-round 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Recorded information is available 24 hours a day at the same number. Web site
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ON THE NET
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Turkeyhelp.com Cook's Illustrated magazine's site features detailed guidance and recipes for preparing turkey and all the trimmings, including apple and pumpkin pies, with bright step-by-step visuals.
Eatturkey.com The National Turkey Federation Web site has a Thanksgiving Cooking Tips page, with specific recipes and advice, among its year-round general information.
McCormick.com Offers a holiday entertaining guide.
Dominosugar.com Recipes and baking tips.
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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.
Now through next Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend.
Thanksgiving, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nov. 29-Dec. 27, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. CST Dec. 21 and 22 and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 24 and 25.
Automated assistance is provided after hours. Web site
Perdue consumer help line: (800) 473-7383. Consumer-relations representatives answer cooking, storage and other questions about poultry weekdays year-round (except Christmas) 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thanksgiving week hours:
Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Next Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thanksgiving, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Web site
Reynolds Turkey Tips hot line (800) 745-4000. A 24-hour automated hot line focusing on turkey topics through Dec. 31. Year-round Web site: Web site
Shady Brook Farms Turkey Line: (888) 723-4468. A 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, automated advice and recipe service. Web site
Rhodes Bake-N-Serv Toll-Free Bake Line (800) 876-7333 year-round 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Specialists answer baking questions and tell how to use of frozen dough.
Holiday hours:
Next Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thanksgiving, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m
Nov. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dec. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Christmas, closed.
Dec. 26, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Year-round Web site.
Ocean Spray consumer help line (800) 662-3263. Year-round, weekdays (open Thanksgiving, but not Christmas, 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, product information. Web site
Land O'Lakes: (800) 837-7702 for free classic recipes leaflet. Web site