On Thanksgiving Day, Americans will eat 45 million turkeys. For most, it will be the first time they attempt to cook one since the same time last year, and wouldn't you know it, sometimes they forget how.

Help is available from:

Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays to Wednesdays and Fridays, and 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Dec. 22. The number is (800)-323-4848 for questions in English and Spanish. Hearing- and speech-impaired customers can phone (800) TDD-3848. Butterball is also on the Internet at http://www.butterball.com

The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline: Open year-round from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Call (800)-789-8732.