Allowing the turkey to rest at least 15 to 20 minutes before carving makes for a juicier bird.
The 1st century foodie Apicius wrote of Romans stuffing everything from chicken to deer.
Squash is thought to be one of the first foods cultivated by Native American Indians.
Turducken is a chicken cooked in a duck, cooked in a turkey.
The word dressing was introduced in Victorian England, when the term stuffing was thought to be improper.
Challah was originally baked by Jewish families in honor of the Sabbath.
The three "average American cooks" featured in this episode are actually big fans of the show. Michael Menninger runs the Good Eats Fan Page website, and Holly and Caroline are forum regulars and friends at GEFP.
Alton Brown: "I love the smell of cooked celery in the morning. Smells like... Thanksgiving." Alton is paraphrasing Colonel Kilgore from Apocalypse Now. Kilgore's comment about napalm smelling like victory is doubtless one of the more widely repeated quotes from this film.
There were several references to "The Tonight Show", hosted by Johnny Carson.
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