Talking Turkey Goes Digital

from the gobble-gobble-2.0 dept

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, today's papers feature a few different kinds of obligatory stories: those with last-minute cooking advice, and those about how purveyors of last-minute cooking advice are adopting technology to help solve peoples' turkey turmoil. Perhaps what's most amusing in this story, though, is that the WSJ compares paid services to chefs at local restaurants who simply give out free advice to people who call in, and wonders if they're hurting their businesses by giving away their advice and recipes. However, the chefs they talk to clearly don't work in the music business: they say they're building a relationship with clients, and promoting their businesses. Separately, Butterball's venerable turkey helpline has started podcasting, but given the apparent popularity of online videos covering practical topics, perhaps they'd been better off buying a turkey channel on YouTube and using videos to share their advice.
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  1. identicon
    Baal, 22 Nov 2006 @ 8:26pm

    mmmmmm....turkey

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  2. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 22 Nov 2006 @ 10:29pm

    erm... thought it was about Turkey, the country

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  3. identicon
    rstr5105, 23 Nov 2006 @ 5:15am

    well

    Although this article was quasi-pointless, I also found it very entertaining. The music industry should talk to people like these chefs maybe then they would pull their heads out of their asses

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  4. identicon
    John, 23 Nov 2006 @ 9:16am

    copyright the advice

    the chefs are dumb... dont' they know they could patent their custom method for preparing a turkey and charge everyone money for using their method? Or better yet.... wait a few years and then hire lawyers and sue a bunch of people and settle out of court for millions of dollars. Obviosly these chefs aren't very smart.

    hehehehehehe... just kidding

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  5. identicon
    Krum, 23 Nov 2006 @ 6:40pm

    Too Bad...

    Too Bad AT&T Wireless isn't still around. I remember when I had service with them you could get cooking types text-messaged to your mobile by dialing #TURK
    EY on the keypad. It was the ButterBall Turkey Hotline and it was a $1.75 per use but kind of neat.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  6. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 24 Nov 2006 @ 9:41am

    To Quote Jermy Hotz...Canada should invade Turkey and call it Chicken

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  7. identicon
    charlie potatoes, 24 Nov 2006 @ 10:38am

    just curious

    So...if Russia should ever attack Turkey from the rear, would Greece help?

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  8. identicon
    Baal, 24 Nov 2006 @ 6:27pm

    Re: just curious

    LMAO...I would assume it would help

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  9. identicon
    dorpus, 25 Nov 2006 @ 1:54am

    Do Germans Cook Hornets?

    Are there any German chefs who share recipes for cooked hornets?

    I ask because when I went to the Grimminger pastry shop this morning in Heidelberg (they are a popular chain with big orange neon signs, present at every train station), hornets were flying all over the pastries. I pointed to one, and the cashier girl ignored it, even when one flew right in front of her eye while she was looking at me. I've never seen a hornet's nest inside a bakery, much less employees who ignore it. Do Germans have a custom of eating hornets with breakfast?

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  10. identicon
    Mini Hobbit, 25 Nov 2006 @ 11:05am

    Re: internet turkey

    it was suppoed to be about the bird. whoever talks about the country is a tard. also i think it is stupid that the chefs are complaining about something that isn't patened. the music people should be able do what they want with somehting that isn't patened.

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  11. identicon
    Baal, 25 Nov 2006 @ 12:09pm

    Re: Re: internet turkey

    Where does it say they are bitching about giving recipes away?!

    "who simply give out free advice to people who call in"

    "they say they're building a relationship with clients, and promoting their businesses"

    From what I see, they are giving the info out to build a client basis.

    So how bout that tard status huh? Try reading and get a sense of humor n00b.

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    Annoying Bastard, 26 Nov 2006 @ 7:54am

    Happy Holidays, Trolls!



    If Mini Hobbit and dorpus mated their offspring would pollute the gene pool and bring the mean I.Q. of the planet down 30 points.

    Grow brains, RTFA, and contribute by posting something relevant to the discussion. Otherwise, get yourselves some headgear to protect your soon-to be-bruised fragile egos.

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