Need some help through the holidays?

Published 9:00 pm Saturday, November 22, 2003

Need some help through the holidays?

These national cooking lines serve up everything from tips on turkeys to baking better bread.

American Diabetic Association’s Consumer Nutrition Information Hotline: 800-366-1655, www.eatright.org; 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.

Betty Crocker/General Mills: 888-275-2388; 5:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 800-288-8372, www.butterball.com; 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 through Dec. 25; 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, throughout the year.

Center for Food Safety &Applied Nutrition: 888-723-3366, www.cfsan.fda.gov.

Empire Kosher: 800-367-4734; 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 a.m. to noon Friday. Closed on Jewish and secular holidays.

Fleischmann’s Yeast Baker’s Help Line: 800-777-4959; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Foster Farms: 800-255-7227; 24 hours daily through Dec. 2; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays throughout the year.

Honeysuckle White Turkey Line: 800-810-6325, recorded answers to frequently asked turkey preparation questions.

Jennie-O Turkey Hotline: 800-887-5397; 24 hours daily through Jan. 1.

Land O’Lakes Holiday Bakeline: 800-782-9606; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Dec. 24.

Nestle Toll House Baking Information Line: 800-637-8537, www.verybestbaking.com; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.

Ocean Spray: 800-662-3263; 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays, closed Christmas and New Year’s Day, open Thanksgiving Day.

Perdue Chicken: 800-473-7383; 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 and 25, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 26, 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays throughout the year.

Reynolds Turkey Tips Line: 800-745-4000, www.reynoldskitchens.com; 24 hours daily through Dec. 31.

Rhodes Bake-N-Serve Toll-Free Bake Line: 800-876-7333; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 26, 5 a.m. to noon Thanksgiving Day and Nov. 28, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 24, closed Christmas Day, 5 a.m. to noon Dec. 26; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays throughout the year.

Shady Brook Farms Dial-A-Chef: 888-723-4468; 24 hours daily, through Jan. 1.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry hotline: 888-674-6854, www.fsis.usda.gov. Hours: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays, 5 to 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.

Tanya Sampson, Herald Writer