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Got a turkey question? The Butterball Turkey Talk-line is there to help.

Butterball Turkey Talk-line operators answering callers turkey-related questions.
Butterball Turkey Talk-line operators answering callers turkey-related questions. Provided photo

Are you hosting Thanksgiving dinner for the first-time and have no clue how to cook a turkey? Or maybe it’s not your first go around, but you’re not sure what size bird you should buy? Perhaps you just discovered that your turkey is still frozen?

Well don’t you worry, because the Butterball Turkey Talk-line is up and running, ready to take your turkey-related questions. The hotline is 800-288-8372 (1-800-Butterball).

Fans of the hit show, “The West Wing,” may recall a Thanksgiving episode where President Jed Bartlet called the Butterball hotline and may think it was a fictional hotline. But the hotline was very real and still exists.

The Turkey Talk-line was first started in 1981, and has been a tradition ever since.

The Turkey Talk-line has kept up with the tech-savy cooks of modern time. Turkey-related questions can also be answered by sending a text message to 844-877-3456, through an email submission form or a live chat on butterball.com/contact-us or through social media. The Turkey Talk-line is on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube.

But even once you’ve had your second or maybe third helping of Thanksgiving Day dinner, you may still have some questions on what to do with all those leftovers. Well you may have one more thing to be grateful for because not only will the hotline be open on Thursday, but it will stay open daily until Christmas Eve should there be more celebratory turkey in your future.

Jessica De Leon: 941-745-7049, @JDeLeon1012

Butterball Turkey Talk-line Hours of Operation

  • Nov 22: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Nov 23: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Nov 24: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Nov 27-Dec 22: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Dec 23-Dec 24: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This story was originally published November 22, 2017 at 3:36 PM with the headline "Got a turkey question? The Butterball Turkey Talk-line is there to help.."

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