Turkey Talk-Line Is Now Open, And You Won’t Believe What People Ask!
Its just about that time for the Butterball Turkey Hotline to open up and start receiving calls and giving you all the info to cook your bird. Yes its real, and yes they get a lot of calls. And I mean A LOT!
DOWNERS GROVE, IL – NOVEMBER 24: 19-year-veteran Butterball Turkey Talk-Line supervisor Dorothy Jones answers questions on her telephone headset at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line headquarters November 24, 2003 in Downers Grove, Illinois. The Butterball Talk-Line was created to assist everyone from first-time cooks to seasoned chefs with preparing their holiday bird. Originally staffed with six home economists who responded to 11,000 phone calls in its first year alone, today the Talk-Line is staffed with nearly 50 home economists and nutritionists who respond to more than 100,000 questions each November and December. ConAgra Foods opened the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line in 1981. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
Tim Boyle/Getty ImagesIts just about that time for the Butterball Turkey Hotline to open up and start receiving calls and giving you all the info to cook your bird. Yes its real, and yes they get a lot of calls. And I mean A LOT!
In fact, they get over 12,000 calls on Thanksgiving day alone! But what people ask is what's even more crazy. It makes you wonder if people make this stuff up or if they are serious!
Funniest Butterball Turkey Hotline Calls Of All Time:
-- The woman who cleaned out her turkey with a scrub brush and asked if that was OK to do.
-- People who thaw a turkey in the bathtub while washing their kids.
-- A man looking for a quick way to cook his turkey who put it in the oven on the cleaning cycle.
-- Is it okay to thaw my turkey in the bathtub while bathing my kids?
-- Can I brine my turkey in the washing machine?
-- Can I use my oven's self-cleaning cycle to speed up the cooking process?
-- If I cut my turkey with a chainsaw will the oil affect the taste?
-- Can I take my frozen turkey into my sauna to thaw it faster?
You gotta be kidding me. Has anyone ever asked you something crazy about the turkey?
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