Thanksgiving has always meant chillier temperatures for me, growing up in Utah and now living in Indiana. I sometimes forget that there are people celebrating Thanksgiving in shorts with the air conditioning on. Why on Earth would someone want to have their oven on all day when the weather is so nice outside? For those [...]
Shhh…Listen, your turkey is trying to tell you something. It’s hard to hear because it’s probably being smothered by a bag of green beans and some of Aunt Jana’s leftover casserole that you froze back in March because you didn’t have the heart to throw it away in front of her. What you hear [...]
However you want to look at it, luck, misfortune or sheer joy, it is your year to host Thanksgiving at your house. Your year to don those pearls and heels and play hostess to your closest family and friends. Or if you’re more like me you’ll be wearing sweatpants and an apron with gravy [...]
It’s no secret that I spend a grand majority of my time with a giant camera smashed to my face. It’s a hobby I picked up from my mom and it’s one that has not only taken me to many different places, but has given me and others around me memories that will last [...]
This year Butterball took a survey of just over a thousand people from four generations and both genders asking them about Thanksgiving traditions, changes and expectations. Stereotype would have mom or grandma in the kitchen preparing a turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and rolls while the men bond [...]
Poultry and I have a longstanding and failed relationship. It started when I tried to cook a chicken early on in my marriage and I succeeded in burning the skin to a crisp while keeping the insides cold, bloody and raw. I have since invested in three separate meat thermometers (165°F for poultry!) and have [...]
We have a saying in our family, “If you’re not eating turkey a week after Thanksgiving with at least 10 more pounds in the freezer, you didn’t do Thanksgiving properly.” Rarely do we ever polish off more than a breast and a leg during Thanksgiving dinner, maybe because most of us have spent the day [...]
I had the chance to interview a long time Butterball Turkey Talk-Line expert Janice Stahl, whom I must say has the best taste in clothes ever. I totally went out and bought the sweater she was wearing the day I met her at Butterball University. I’ll spare you the details of the first ten minutes of [...]
To all you first time turkey cookers, First of all, I must fight the urge to say cookie turkers every time I reference a turkey cooker. That being said, the most important lesson I learned at Butterball University? RELAX. Sheesh, it’s just a turkey and when you buy a Butterball and follow their directions? YOU’LL [...]
Dear Butterball University, Every year for as long as I can remember I can recall the day that the “Turkey Talk-Line Expert” appeared on the Today Show. My mom always watched the show while sitting on the floor with her paper spread out in front of her with a cup of coffee. She’d always laugh [...]
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