{"id":1218,"date":"2021-11-15T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:19:04","slug":"holidayfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/2021\/11\/15\/holidayfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2014\/11\/RoastTurkeySL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2062\/2014\/11\/RoastTurkeySL-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"RoastTurkeySL\" class=\"wp-image-1122\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s Talk Turkey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Start with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/blog\/2016\/11\/defrost-turkey.html\">safely thawing your frozen turkey<\/a> from Foodsafety.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it safe to wash your turkey? USDA recommends that you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/fsis\/topics\/food-safety-education\/get-answers\/food-safety-fact-sheets\/safe-food-handling\/washing-food-does-it-promote-food-safety\/washing-food\">don&#8217;t wash raw poultry <\/a>before cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/food-safety\/safe-food-handling-and-preparation\/poultry\/lets-talk-turkey-roasting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tips for handling turkey safely from USDA<\/a><br>\nThe link above includes information about thawing and roasting turkey safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turkey Talk-Line information:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is open annually in November and December. Available hours vary by date, so check the web site before calling. Phone number: 1-800-BUTTERBALL (800-288-8372) or text: 844-877-3456 or connect online at: <a title=\"Butterball Turkey Line\" href=\"http:\/\/www.butterball.com\/contact-us\">Butterball.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s Talk Turkey Start with safely thawing your frozen turkey from Foodsafety.gov Is it safe to wash your turkey? USDA recommends that you don&#8217;t wash raw poultry before cooking. Tips [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[25,32,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10817,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions\/10817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}