[release]Chilean newspaper La Tercera has been ordered to compensate 13 readers who suffered injuries when they followed a recipe it published.
The recipe for churros - sweet fried snacks similar to doughnuts - caused explosions that showered the cooks with hot oil, causing burns.
Chile's supreme court found that injury had been inevitable for anyone who followed the printed recipe.
It ordered La Tercera to pay more than $163,000 (£104,000) to the victims.
The individual damages range from $279 to $48,000 to a woman whose burns were particularly severe.
[b]Unavoidable[/b]
The judgement comes seven years after readers were burned on the arms, body and face while trying out the recipe.
The court said the oil temperature mentioned in the recipe was too high, making an explosion likely when the mixture was put in the pan.
"The explosions were so violent that in some cases the splashes hit the ceiling and covered the person who was cooking," the court said.
"Faithfully following the recipe published in the newspaper, this damage could not have been avoided," it added.
The company which owns La Tercera has said it will respect the judgement, which upholds decisions by two previous courts.
Dusted in sugar or dipped in chocolate, churros are a popular treat in Spain and across Latin America.[/release]
Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16336133[/url]
Next thing you know, TSA will be banning churros on all flights.
Hot oil burns? Ever since I saw that one commercial of the woman screaming and hot oil being thrown on her face I have been terrified of cooking with oil and something like that happening.
Justice has been served
Justice is sweet
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 4 cups of flour
- 2tbsp. of nitro glycerine
- 4 sticks of butter
What the hell, I didn't even know deep fryers could 'explode'.
Reminded me of [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWWAj8IdWiI[/media]
A taste that will literally explode in your mouth!
For a second I thought it was "the shits" and not actual Churros.
How can you make a churo and not notice some odd ingredient?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;33915144]What the hell, I didn't even know deep fryers could 'explode'.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4FfahAfIXA[/media]
Hot oil and [cold] water do not mix well together.
[QUOTE=Chessnut;33915181]How can you make a churo and not notice some odd ingredient?[/QUOTE]
It wasn't an odd ingredient, it was the oil being too hot.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;33915192][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4FfahAfIXA[/media]
Hot oil and [cold] water do not mix well together.[/QUOTE]
Well yes I knew about boilover, but I didn't know the oil itself could burst.
It looks the churros....
... were to die for.
I thought this was about actual churros exploding.
The makers of the recipe should've had a disclaimer. :v:
This isn't funny, just imagine getting burned by the hot oil...
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;33915228]Well yes I knew about boilover, but I didn't know the oil itself could burst.[/QUOTE]
Water into oil vaporizes, oil vaporizes, oil hits open flame, and the fun begins
[QUOTE=LifeIsGood;33916184][video=youtube;MwCyVku1HvI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI[/video][/QUOTE]
If these where aired in the US, people would go ape shit over the content / gore of them
Now that's what I call a recipe for disaster.
[editline]27th December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=LifeIsGood;33916184][video=youtube;MwCyVku1HvI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI[/video][/QUOTE]
There one was horrifying. This one on the other hand:[media]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3c_uziVrp8[/url][/media]
[QUOTE=LifeIsGood;33916184][video=youtube;MwCyVku1HvI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI[/video][/QUOTE]
holy fuck those are brutal
[QUOTE=LifeIsGood;33916184][video=youtube;MwCyVku1HvI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI[/video][/QUOTE]
I remember these being aired when I was younger. I don't see em anymore.
How did I never hear about this.
churros are awesome
[QUOTE=dcalde78;33917771]holy fuck those are brutal[/QUOTE]
The worst part is that it's not a joke, like that german forklift operator one
Heh.
The newspaper is named The Third.
As in
[I]The Third Degree Burn[/I]
Churros are awesome. It's like someone looked at a donut and said "Let's take this soft thing with a hole in it and make it into something long and and a little bit stiff."
Who's been letting /b/ publish recipes in Chilean newspapers
can't wait for next week's column, Safe Science for Kids
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33929614]Who's been letting /b/ publish recipes in Chilean newspapers
can't wait for next week's column, Safe Science for Kids[/QUOTE]
Making chlorine crystals I presume?
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