{"id":2683,"date":"2010-11-10T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2013-08-20T21:05:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T21:05:07","slug":"lets-talk-turkey-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/b\/lets-talk-turkey-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk Turkey! Safely!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is right around the corner\u2014again.\u00a0 My daughter calls it the forgotten holiday.\u00a0 As soon as Halloween decorations come down, Christmas displays in stores come out\u2014and where does Thanksgiving fit in?\u00a0 In our house it is a day to reflect on how grateful we are for everyone and everything we have.\u00a0 And it just happens to also be a BIG food day!\u00a0 Childhood memories of a turkey cooking in the oven, and all the trimmings served to family around a crowded table always makes me smile.\u00a0 Nowhere in that picture is anyone getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>Food safety is VERY important any day\u2014but especially on Thanksgiving, as many novice cooks are attempting to cook in quantities they aren\u2019t used to, and possibly food items they may only prepare once a year.\u00a0 The day after Thanksgiving there are more people reporting food borne illnesses than any other day.\u00a0 Follow the rules\u2014and black Friday shopping will not be a problem (also a tradition in our house!).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thaw properly\u2014in the fridge ahead of time is best, but under cold running water if somewhat frozen on Thanksgiving morning.<\/li>\n<li>Cook turkey to 165\u2070, and cook the dressing outside of the turkey.\u00a0 Use a thermometer to be sure, or purchase a turkey with a built in thermometer.<\/li>\n<li>Put leftovers away quickly.\u00a0 Once cooked, the turkey can only sit out 4 hours.\u00a0 This includes the time it takes to carve it, serve and eat it, and then put it away, and any time it is taken out of the fridge after that for leftovers.<\/li>\n<li>Leftovers can be kept refrigerated for 3-4 days, then either frozen or discarded.<\/li>\n<li>Your refrigerator must be 41\u2070 or lower for food to be stored safely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions on Thanksgiving can still be answered by calling the toll-free USDA Meat &amp; Poultry Hotline.\u00a0 The hotline will be staffed with food safety specialists on Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time to answer your turkey questions. (1-888-674-6854).\u00a0 You can also call the Butterball Hotline on Thanksgiving with last minute questions at 1-800-288-8372.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these simple rules\u2014and your shopping experience on Friday will be a joyful one, even if you are standing in line at 4:30 AM at Menard\u2019s waiting to get in!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/food.unl.edu\/web\/safety\/thanksgiving-food-prep\" target=\"_blank\">UNL Foods website <\/a>for more Thanksgiving food preparation advice.\u00a0 Happy Thanksgiving\u2014and I\u2019m thankful for all of you also!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is right around the corner\u2014again.\u00a0 My daughter calls it the forgotten holiday.\u00a0 As soon as Halloween decorations come down, Christmas displays in stores come out\u2014and where does Thanksgiving fit in?\u00a0 In our house it is a day to reflect on how grateful we are for everyone and everything we have.\u00a0 And it just happens to also be a BIG&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/b\/lets-talk-turkey-safely\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,790,55],"tags":[59,60,446,1085,175,193,160,1087,1091,447,448],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b","category-i","category-c","tag-cooking","tag-family-meals","tag-food-borne-illness","tag-b","tag-leftovers","tag-meal-planning","tag-saving-money","tag-c","tag-thanksgiving","tag-thermometer","tag-turkey","cat-44-id","cat-790-id","cat-55-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Turkey-20101.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8337,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions\/8337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}