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Article: Let's talk turkey // Buying to thawing, stuffing to cooking, here's the word on the bird
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 23, 1987
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There is more to the Thanksgiving turkey dinner than planning
the menu. Every year home cooks are confronted with questions about
buying, storing, thawing, stuffing and cooking the holiday bird.
Here are answers to the questions home economists are most
frequently asked about turkey:
Q: Which is the freshest - a fresh or frozen turkey?
A: Frozen turkeys are the freshest because they are slaughtered,
cleaned and frozen within a span of 40 minutes to one hour, said
David Goldenberg of the National Turkey Federation in Reston, Va.
Q: When do fresh turkeys begin their trip to market?
A: According to poultry processors the birds are slaughtered one
to 1 1/2 weeks before Thanksgiving. ...