Thanksgiving Help: Emergency Hotlines a Call Away!

Preparing for the feast can make the best of us second-guess our cooking and baking times. If you have a full-fledged disaster or even a minor question, help is standing by! So don't hesitate to use these handy hotlines. At the very least you'll make a home economist on the other end of the phone feel missing friends and family of their own was worthwhile.

Turkey Tips:

Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 800-288-8372, www.butterball.com

Perdue Consumer Help Line: 800-473-7383, www.perdue.com

Reynolds Turkey Tips Hotline: 800-745-4000, www.reynoldskitchens.com

U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline: 888-674-6854, www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/Ask_Karen

Baking Help:

Crisco Pie Hotline: 877-367-7438

King Arthur Flour Co. Bakers Hotline: 802-649-3717, bakers@kingarthurflour.com

Land O'Lakes Baking Help: www.landolakes.com

Cranberry Conundrums:

Ocean Spray Consumer Help Line: 800-662-3263, www.oceanspray.com

Happy Thanksgiving from Kitchen Scoop!