Turkey Emergency In The Hudson Valley? Ask Butterball Experts

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Cooking the turkey, the centerpiece of the quintessential Thanksgiving feast, can overwhelm novice cooks. So if you are unsure of how to tackle a turkey, the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is open and ready to answer your questions from the Hudson Valley and around the country.

For almost 40 years, the Turkey Talk-Line has responded to tens of thousands of questions during the holiday season. Its experts help with everything from planning and preparation to cooking, serving and more. Butterball's helpers are on the job through Christmas Eve.

And while it's been around for decades to talk nervous cooks through their kitchen catastrophes, you can text your question to the turkey experts. Texting is available now through 6 p.m. Central Time on Thanksgiving Day; send your text 24/7 to: 844-877-3456.

The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line began in 1982 when it had six people working the phones that holiday season answering 11,000 questions about cooking a turkey. Since then the line has grown in both the number of calls and the number of experts on hand to help, including Spanish-speaking experts and male Talk-Line experts.

Today Butterball has more than 50 experts and fields more than 100,000 questions from thousands of households across the United States and Canada. From phone calls to social media, nearly a million people have used the Talk-Line's guidance.

You can find an expert on Butterball's website, Facebook and Twitter, or just give them a call at 1-800-BUTTERBALL (1-800-288-8372). Normal hours are from 9 a.m to 7 p.m. daily, but on Thanksgiving the hours are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

And if you have an Amazon Alexa device, you can just say, "Alexa, ask Butterball … " and have your question answered.

Written by Deb Belt (Patch Staff), with additional reporting by Michael Woyton/Patch Staff.