Idon’t predict any artificial intelligence robots taking over the Butterball Turkey test kitchens in Naperville, Illinois, or the company’s beloved Turkey Talk-Line for troubleshooting kitchen curveball questions during the holidays.

A favorite tradition I’ve enjoyed for the past 35 years of writing about food and recipes is my annual chat with the folks from the fabled Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, sometimes for my weekly WJOB 1230 AM radio show and sometimes for this column.

In case you might not have circled it on your calendars, Thursday, Nov. 20, is designated by Butterball as “Thaw Thursday.” It’s also my annual reminder to alert my readers and radio listeners that frozen turkeys awaiting roasting on Thanksgiving Day should already be out of the deep freeze and transitioned to the r

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