Which Wilmette Grocery Stores Are Open on Thanksgiving?
Forget the butter for your mashed potatoes? We've got you covered in our handy guide to last-minute Turkey Day shopping.
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Which Wilmette Grocery Stores Are Open on Thanksgiving?
Forget the butter for your mashed potatoes? We've got you covered in our handy guide to last-minute Turkey Day shopping.
It happens to the best of us: it's two hours until Thanksgiving dinner, you have a bird in the oven, veggies simmering on the stove, and suddenly you realize that important ingredient you desperately need is nowhere to be found. To save you some time driving around in search of an open grocery store, we've compiled a list of Thanksgiving hours at local stores. Stay up to date on the latest business news in Wilmette and Kenilworth! Sign up for our newsletterand "like" us on Facebook!
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving from Patch
A comic to help readers celebrate Turkey Day.
Happy Thanksgiving from Patch! Enjoy this comic from artist Drew Lerman and have a terrific Turkey Day.
Larry Gomberg
3:17 pm on Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving Patch readers! Be well and have a great day! more ›
Turkey Emergency? Help Is Available
The Butterball turkey talk-line can help chefs avert Thanksgiving disasters.
It's Thanksgiving, the guests are only hours away and your turkey still is frozen. What can you do? Have no fear, the Butterball Turkey talk-line is open and ready to help. For more than 20 years Butterball representatives have talked turkey. The questions run the gamut, from experienced cooks simply looking for tips to make the perfect bird, to panicked hosts trying to avert disaster. "We have many different hats that we wear," said Tara-Rose Groberski, who has worked on the turkey talk line for 10 years. "We're there to alleviate their angst. Will tell them to take a deep breath and walk them through what they have to do." The first turkey talk line had six home economists answer 11,000 phone calls in 1981. This year more than 50 …
Jan Leasure
8:30 am on Thursday, November 24, 2011
Hi Brian; Thanks for the great article; Here are a few more Thanksgiving E.R.tips & hotlines that Patchers might find helpful! http://extreme-couponing-tips.com/cheap-talk-with-jan/thanksgiving-er-hotlines --Jan more ›
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Bleached Turkeys, Trapped Turkeys and a Dog Stuck in a Turkey, Oh My!
Turkey trauma all in a day’s work at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line.
Can I thaw my turkey in my electric blanket? I've trapped my turkey in the oven by accidentally turning on the self-cleaning cycle, what do I do? Can I use a chain saw to carve my turkey? My Chihuahua is stuck in the turkey carcass, help! Hard to believe, but these represent just a handful of actual questions posed to the staff of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line since it first started helping callers with their turkey traumas 30 years ago. The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is tucked away in an undisclosed office building on Diehl Road in Naperville. For nearly two months — from Nov. 1 until Christmas Day — the office is home to more than 50 professionally trained turkey experts, typically college-educated home economists and nutritionists, …
JJ Hanley
7:38 am on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Thanks Wilmette Patch. This is very useful for those who are manning the kitchen and discover that they forgot to buy butter! more ›