{"id":9883,"date":"2024-10-10T16:04:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T23:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:06:11","slug":"holiday-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/2024\/10\/10\/holiday-food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\">Tips for handling turkey safely from USDA<\/a><br> The link above includes information about thawing and roasting turkey safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turkey Talk-Line information<\/h3>\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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone number: 1-800-BUTTERBALL (800-288-8372) or text: 844-877-3456 or connect online at <a href=\"http:\/\/Butterball.com\/how-to\">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":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null,"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883"}],"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=9883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11455,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions\/11455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/graysharbor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}