Best Thanksgiving Pro Tips From My Twitter Chat

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Thanksgiving’s in a week, and I know you’re bursting with questions. What’s a great vegetarian main dish that’s not a pre-formed tofu log? What’s up with supermarket turkey? What’s the best way to cook a pastured, heritage one? Don’t bottle it up. Let’s hash it all out in 140 characters or less, at my Twitter chat, starting at 3 pm eastern, today. Find me at @tomphilpott.

Update: For those of you that missed the chats, don’t worry—you don’t have to miss the great Thanksgiving tips! We’ve rounded up some of the tweets from the conversation below.

On dry brining the bird:

On veggies and sides:

On the perfect gravy:

On booze:

On medicating your unwitting family:

On a tiny Thanksgiving:

On leftovers:

The great pie debate:

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