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Thanksgiving Is Biggest Food Waste Day In United States

Chris Allen — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:05:08 +0000

Americans will get together this year to share stories, football, and eat a feast of food. Thanksgiving is the biggest waste of food day of any other day in America. We waste $282 million of uneaten turkey every year, and the problem is getting worse. It’s not just Turkey, Americans are wasting $165 billion in [...]

How To Roast The Perfect Turkey

Steve Tanko — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:36:16 +0000

The perfect turkey is yours to accomplish – it’s really not that difficult. A lot of cooks shy away from roasting turkey because they feel “overwhelmed” by the process. Let me assure you – it’s not difficult, and if you learn from the following tips, you’ll have a turkey that everyone raves about. First, decide [...]

What Is A "Self-Basting" Turkey?

Steve Tanko — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:44:36 +0000

As a life-long “foodie”, I end up being the person a lot of my friends and co-workers come to with their food-related questions. With the holidays just around the corner, I’m starting to get questions specifically about turkey. One of my friends asked what the term “self-basting” meant. Simply, a “self-basting turkey” is a bird [...]

Thanksgiving Turkeys Will Be Cheaper Than Expected This Year — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:19:03 +0000

The price of turkey is going to be cheaper than expected this year, largely because many retailers were able to lock in the cost of the birds before the summer’s drought sent feed prices way, way up. Now retailers plan to offer customers the lowest possible prices on Thanksgiving turkeys in hopes of driving them [...]

PETA Targets City of Turkey for a Vegan-Friendly Name Change [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:42:53 +0000

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, does some good work, but it’s the organization’s more absurd stunts that often make headlines — and this one is a prime example.

Citing the suffering of turkeys during the Thanksgiving season, PETA sent a letter to the mayor of Turkey, Texas and asked him to change the town’s name to the tofu-based meat alternative “Tofurky” instead.

10 Turkey-Flavored Foods That Look Absolutely Disgusting

Rose Maura Lorre — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:44:15 +0000

White meat, dark meat… or Spam meat? Even the most devout Thanksgiving eaters might have a hard time swallowing these 10 turkey-flavored, truly unique and totally bizarre edibles below. Somebody please pass the (regular-flavored) Alka-Seltzer.

Why We Eat What We Eat – Stories Behind Traditional Thanksgiving Foods

Shauna Wright — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:39:56 +0000

If you're like most Americans, your Thanksgiving dinner table will include at least a few basic items — turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and the like. But have you ever thought about why we eat those foods on Thanksgiving? Or, for that matter, why turkey is called “turkey”?

In order to answer these hard-hitting questions and maybe even give you some interesting small-talk for the table, here are the stories behind the traditional Thanksgiving foods.

William Shatner Preaches Turkey Fryer Safety In Bizarre PSA [VIDEO]

Bob Sassone — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:30:26 +0000

This Thanksgiving PSA from William Shatner rests somewhere between his musical stylings and that time he threw a chair on ‘$20,000 Pyramid’ on the weirdness scale.

In the video below that Shatner made for State Farm Insurance, the onetime Capt. Kirk talks about the dangers of deep-frying a turkey.

How To Roast A Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

Steve Tanko — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:59:22 +0000

The folks around here like to call me a “food snob” – because I like to cook. As the resident “foodie”, I’ve been asked to provide guidelines on roasting the perfect turkey. The first step involved selecting a turkey. I prefer frozen turkeys over fresh turkeys – and here’s why: Frozen turkeys are processed and [...]

16 Million People Will Eat Commercially-Prepared Thanksgiving Meals

Steve Tanko — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:35:07 +0000

If the Thanksgiving meal conjures up images of Norman Rockwell and families gathered around the dining room table in their homes, you might need to think again. More and more people are eating their turkey dinner at restaurants. Who eats Thanksgiving at restaurants? 14 million Americans, according to National Restaurant Association research. That only makes [...]