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November 21, 2005
Tips for preparing Thanksgiving dinner
Topics: HumorThis story comes courtesy of the Snopes Community Urban Legend myth busters
Claim: Clueless cooks in the process of commiting Thanksgiving mayhem call turkey hot lines.
Status: True.
It would seem that there are some hapless cooks in the community who have no idea how to prepare a frozen turkey for the oven, but the Snopes community has some good stories about what can go wrong.
Yet there are those urban myths that also cause people to call the turkey hotlines. Here is one that is a standard joke:
One of the more unusual questions handled by Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line (which the company has operated since 1981) comes from those who have mistaken a well-traveled joke for an actual recipe: They call to ask if they can pop popcorn in the turkey's cavity during the roasting process. (The joke's punch line is: "You know the turkey is done when the popcorn pops and blows the rear off the bird.") And no, you can't.
And talking about popping pop-corn, one should be very careful about preparing pop-corn in a microwave oven, making sure that the directions are followed exactly. A very smokey, smelly disaster can ensue if one decides to take the easy way out and not key in the correct information (that is do not choose to use the quick start on the microwave). Microwave popcorn in the bag can end up burnt and the bag in flames with smoke billowing everywhere. It can ruin the microwave oven, necessitating the purchase of a new model ;-{, with warnings and strictures from one's spouse about the correct use of a microwave oven.
Posted by at November 21, 2005 2:02 AM
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