{"id":806,"date":"2008-11-26T19:53:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T23:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=806"},"modified":"2008-12-29T21:40:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T02:40:17","slug":"physics-talks-turkey-this-thanksgiving-tips-from-science-on-how-to-cook-a-better-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Physics Talks Turkey This Thanksgiving &#8212; Tips From Science On How To Cook A Better Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0Whether you like dark or white meat, cooks can look to physics for some tips for making sure that Thanksgiving turkey is quickly gobbled up.<\/p>\n<p>McGee has two solutions to the this troublesome turkey problem. The first is a trusty meat thermometer. &#8220;There&#8217;s no substitute for checking the temperature of the bird often.&#8221; The second is a good supply of ice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/1999\/11\/991124071530.htm\" target=\"_self\">Here&#8217;s what McGee also\u00c2\u00a0suggests: <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0Whether you like dark or white meat, cooks can look to physics for some tips for making sure that Thanksgiving turkey is quickly gobbled up. McGee has two solutions to the this troublesome turkey problem. The first is a trusty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=806\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-d0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":807,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=807","url_meta":{"origin":806,"position":0},"title":"Happy Thanksgiving!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"November 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Give Thanks? 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