Let's talk turkey. While Thanksgiving is a great time to gather friends and family, prepping so much food can turn into a recipe for disaster."87% of consumers

So when preparing your big holiday meal, making sure you have enough turkey has to be the first priority. The general rule is to plan for 1½ pounds of turkey per guest, says FoodNetwork.com. Now let's break this down.

Many people look forward to the spread on the Thanksgiving Day table all year long. They anticipate turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, potatoes and pie, as well as the leftovers in the following days.

Before you even start to concern yourself with those delicious gravy-making bits, you need to cross the first Thanksgiving dinner challenge off your list: thawing a frozen turkey. Andrea Baletiwicz,a Butterball Turkey Talk-Line supervisor,

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For every four pounds of turkey, you need to plan for one day of thawing in the refrigerator. For example, a 12-pound turkey requires three days in the fri