November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
Random things I have learned this Thanksgiving:
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line experts will answer 12,000 calls today. TODAY. They will talk with approximately 100,000 cooks this holiday season.
You CAN cook a frozen turkey. It just takes longer, which means you’ll have people in your house for more of the day.
Turkey-shaped cake is about the cutest thing ever.
I’m sitting in the Butterball Talk-Line room, listening to the experts answer questions; they’re so calm and cool and collected. And they are able to resist rolling their eyes when callers ask wacky questions, which I really admire.
These ladies are genuinely the nicest people ever in the history of people. And certainly in the history of turkey.
I’ve done two radio interviews this morning — if you live in the Dallas area and were listening to KRLD this morning, you might have heard me geeking out about my meat thermometer; if you live in Maine and listen to WGAN, you heard me trying to explain why I’ve been commuting from Oklahoma City to suburban Chicago to talk turkey.
Fascinating, I know.
My head is completely full of random turkey information today — cook until the thigh registers 180! and the stuffing is 165! refrigerate after two hours! — and I’m a wee bit on the tired side, but mostly I’m just fascinated by the controlled chaos of the Talk Line. And I might be tired from staying up late gossiping with Chris and Roxanna. (We didn’t talk about you, we promise.)
Don’t forget — contest ends tonight!
Posted by Susan @ 9:31 am • everyday life
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November 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pm, Ginny Says:
Susan–Saw you for 2 seconds on the NBC5.com (Channel 5 in Chicago) website. You look cute & smart! Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27th, 2008 at 9:51 pm, Assertagirl Says:
You’ve become a turkey specialist! Bet you never expected that in this life.
November 27th, 2008 at 11:52 pm, Jordan Says:
Wait - was that turkey cake in Chicago? I know that turkey cake! It’s from Dinkel’s Bakery and we had one last year when we celebrated Baxter’s birthday on T’giving. It looks awesome but is a bit too rich to put out alongside pies so we skipped it this year, but isn’t it awesome??
November 29th, 2008 at 7:46 am, Johna Says:
Were you on the Today show? I asked my family to remind me of it in the morning and we all forgot. I was so concerned about trying to make breakfast for everyone.
P.S. Our two turkeys turned out AWESOME!! Thanks for all of your great tips. We had leftovers in turkey tacos, turkey pot pie, and turkey sandwiches. I’ll try and post photos this weekend.