{"id":3708,"date":"2015-11-24T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?p=3708"},"modified":"2018-09-11T13:27:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:27:32","slug":"helpful-hints-on-handling-turkey-at-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/2015\/11\/24\/helpful-hints-on-handling-turkey-at-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Hints on Handling Turkey at Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3711 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-turkey.jpg\" alt=\"turkey\" width=\"288\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-turkey.jpg 288w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-turkey-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-turkey-105x136.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got a turkey question? \u00a0UMaine Extension publication #4213 <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/4213e\/\">Helpful Hints for Handling Turkeys for Thanksgiving<\/a> has your answers. \u00a0From <strong>shopping<\/strong> for the turkey,<strong> thawing<\/strong> the turkey, <strong>stuffing<\/strong> the bird, to <strong>roasting<\/strong> the turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Beth Calder and\u00a0Jason Bolton in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=JqB5RUiUejI\">&#8220;Experts on Demand&#8221; Holiday Food Safety video<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a turkey question? \u00a0UMaine Extension publication #4213 Helpful Hints for Handling Turkeys for Thanksgiving has your answers. \u00a0From shopping for the turkey, thawing the turkey, stuffing the bird, to roasting the turkey. 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