On this day before Thanksgiving - I present you with this -
Thanksgiving Hotlines
Following are phone numbers and Web sites that can help with holiday meal preparation. Note: All times are Pacific Standard Time.
-- Betty Crocker. (888) 275-2388. Help with holiday planning and recipes, weekdays, 5:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Online chat with home economists today, 1-3 p.m.
and Dec. 13, 1-3 p.m., with pre-registration Nov. 30 on the Web site: www.bettycrocker.com.
-- Butterball Turkey Talk-Line. (800) 288-8372. Recorded information 24 hours a day on turkey preparation; home economists answer turkey-cooking questions weekdays through Nov. 21, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.; this Saturday and Sunday, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thanksgiving Day, 4 a.m.-4 p.m; weekdays, Nov. 23-Dec. 21, 6 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Web site: www.butterball.com.
-- California Poultry Federation and Fresh Poultry Hotline. (888) 822-4004. Year-round, weekdays, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. General information via Web site: www.cpif.org.
-- Foster Farms Turkey Hotline. (800) 255-7227. Turkey/poultry experts help with questions 24 hours a day, tomorrow through Nov. 26. Regular poultry information weekdays year-round, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Web site: www.fosterfarms.com.
-- Home Chef Last-Minute Turkey Hotline. (925) 943-3191. Professional chefs answer last-minute questions on Thanksgiving Day, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
-- Land O'Lakes Holiday Bakeline. (800) 782-9606.
Home economists answer baking questions, daily, 6 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 24.
Web site: www.landolakes.com.
-- Ocean Spray Helpline.
(800) 662-3263. Help with cranberry recipes, weekdays year-round, 6 a.m.-1 p.m.
Web site: www.oceanspray.com.
-- National Turkey Federation. Virtual chef recipes and cooking demonstrations, turkey tips and recipes.
Web site: www.turkeyfed.org.
-- Reynolds Turkey Tips.
(800) 745-4000. Recorded information about defrosting and roasting turkeys.
Web site: www2.rmc.com/reynoldskitchens.
-- U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline. (800) 535-4555. Home economists answer questions on handling meat and poultry, weekdays year- round, 7 a.m.-1 p.m.; Thanksgiving Day, 5 a.m.-11 a.m. Web site: www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/consumerpubs.htm#holiday.
GOOD LUCK and Be Safe out there!
As I sit here and write this, I am thankful that tomorrow morning when I wake up, I will not see anymore hate ads.
But I also have to write about witnessing one of the most significant events in my life. We now know who our 44th President of the United States will be. It's not only that he is the first black man to be elected to the office, it's more than that. I believe that this is a new beginning for our great country. I can feel change is in the air.
Also as I sit here I wonder much like President Elect Obama said in his speech tonight, he said -
"America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.".
I wonder this too for my daughter. In my life I have witnessed a man walk on the moon, I witnessed with horror an attack on our nation live on TV. I married a beautiful woman who is my everything. I was there for the birth of my daughter who became our everything. I have seen our leaders lie and cheat our nation and tarnish our reputation, and tonight I witnessed the beginning of "change". I don't know what actual change is going to happen, but nothing could really be worse than the last 8 years.
Tomorrows a new day - no new political ads :-)
IT MATTERS! (Sorry I am a little late)
