HOT LINES TO THE RESCUE
If it's Thanksgiving, there must be food hot lines. Here are some dependable resources.
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 1-800-288-8372, or visit www.butterball.com for videos, recipes and tips. The phone line is staffed on Thanksgiving Day starting at 6 a.m. Twin Cities time.
Crisco Pie Central: 1-877-367-7438 or visit www.crisco.com for tips, recipes and step-by-step visual instructions for making pie crusts.
Land O'Lakes Holiday Bake Line: 1-800-782-9606, or check the website, www.landolakes.com.
Libby Consumer Hot Line: 1-800-854-0374. The website for pumpkin questions is www.verybestbaking.com.
Ocean Spray Consumer Helpline: 1-800-662-3263. More cranberry conundrums? Visit www.oceanspray.com.
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline: 1-888-674-6854, or for more food safety questions, visit www.fsis.usda.gov.
The Martha Stewart Living Radio Thanksgiving Hotline will air Nov. 22, 23 and 24 from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Twin Cities time on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius channel 112 and XM channel 157. Sirius XM Radio listeners can call 1-866-675-6675 or e-mail questions to radio@marthastewart.com.
"Splendid Table" radio show with Lynne Rossetto Kasper offers "Turkey Confidential," 10 a.m. to noon Thanksgiving Day on MPR, 91.1 FM; call 1-800-537-5252 with questions.
KIM ODE
