Everybody needs a little help with Thanksgiving dinner sometimes.
Whether you're a veteran Thanksgiving meal chef or it's your first time hosting, sometimes the gravy just won't thicken or you just don't understand why the pumpkin pie tastes so bland.
Fear not, festive foodies: holiday hotlines are here to help.
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line
Trained poultry professionals at Butterball have been doling out turkey advice for more than 30 years. Butterball said more than 50 experts answer hundreds of thousands of questions for thousands of households in the U.S. and Canada every year.
The company even expanded the Talk-Line through social media, texting and Amazon's Alexa.
Talk-Line hours
Nov. 19-20: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Nov. 21: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thanksgiving: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Nov. 23 - Dec. 21: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
Dec. 22-23: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Christmas Eve: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Call the Talk-Line
1-800-BUTTERBALL (8372)
Text 844-877-3456
Jennie-O Turkey Hotline
Get holiday help with your Jennie-O "Oven Ready" or Whole Turkey needs from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily including Thanksgiving Day.
Call: 1-800-887-5397
Live chat available through the Jennie-O website.
Food52
The live forum has professionals answering questions about anything from thawing turkeys, blanching vegetables, rescuing gravy and getting creative with cake mixes. The site even has a tab just for Thanksgiving recipes and ways to directly ask your own question or search for already-answered questions. Most questions are answered within minutes.
Get your Thanksgiving questions answered here.
Sara Lee Pie Hotline
1-888-914-1247 connects you to experts ready to answer your deep dish needs. Available 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
Splendid Table Turkey Confidential 2018
The annual Thanksgiving call-in show returns 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. Host Francis Lam is joined by experts Dorie Greenspan, Pati Jinish and Samin Nosrat to answer questions from home cooks, helpers and guests.
Listen to Turkey Confidential on your local public radio station.
Listen to it live online through Splendid Table.
Submit a question here.
Call in during the live show: 1-800-242-2828.
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a lengthy tip sheet for prepping a Thanksgiving meal the safe way to prevent foodborne illness.
You can also call in for food safety questions: 1-888-674-6854.
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