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Cook-book misprint costs Australian publishers dear
BBC News ^ | April 17, 2010 | unknown

Posted on 04/17/2010 8:03:35 PM PDT by DukeBillie

An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.

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"We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind, and why anyone would be offended, we don't know," head of publishing Bob Sessions is quoted as saying by the Sydney newspaper.

Penguin said almost every one of the more than 150 recipes in the book listed salt and freshly ground black pepper, but a misprint occurred on just one page.

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If anyone complains about the "silly mistake", they will be given the new version, Penguin said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Food
KEYWORDS: cookbook
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1 posted on 04/17/2010 8:03:35 PM PDT by DukeBillie
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To: DukeBillie

I laughed loudly at this.


2 posted on 04/17/2010 8:05:34 PM PDT by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: DukeBillie

Good Lord. If it happened here, the publisher would be drummed out of town and the board of directors would be called before Congress.


3 posted on 04/17/2010 8:05:59 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: DukeBillie

The tiniest typo can change the entire recipe! :)


4 posted on 04/17/2010 8:06:45 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (earthlings make me very angry)
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5 posted on 04/17/2010 8:08:52 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: VoiceOfBruck

But does it change the flavor?


6 posted on 04/17/2010 8:09:00 PM PDT by DukeBillie
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To: DukeBillie

Popcorn anyone?


7 posted on 04/17/2010 8:09:30 PM PDT by Kimberly GG ("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote!)
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To: DukeBillie
Typo Pictures, Images and Photos

"Accidents" happen...

8 posted on 04/17/2010 8:11:52 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: DukeBillie

Rev. Sharpton, Rev. Jackson don’t go on board! We’ve translated the book - it’s a cook book! A cook book!


9 posted on 04/17/2010 8:13:01 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: VoiceOfBruck

Never forget — there’s just a one letter difference between “heroes” and herpes.”


10 posted on 04/17/2010 8:13:28 PM PDT by Rocko
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To: DukeBillie

Spill chuck is knot you’re fiend.


11 posted on 04/17/2010 8:17:17 PM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (I'm Jim Thompson and I say our government is a joke and its current makeup is the punch line.)
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To: Snickering Hound

LOL..when did that happen..of course, we laugh it off...the other side is so unhappy in their lives, they just LOOK for things to get upset about.


12 posted on 04/17/2010 8:29:15 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: DukeBillie

HAHAHA that’s an unfortunate, but funny misprint


13 posted on 04/17/2010 8:33:30 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: DukeBillie

That’s too bad. We only use white pepper in our home.


14 posted on 04/17/2010 8:45:56 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: DukeBillie

LOL - and people call the Tea Partiers racists......


15 posted on 04/17/2010 8:45:57 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: DukeBillie
"...why anyone would be offended, we don't know..."

That statement is about as offensive as the original goof.

16 posted on 04/17/2010 8:48:51 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: gitmo

Ditto. I think even most “black people” would have to stop and chuckle at this one...


17 posted on 04/17/2010 8:58:34 PM PDT by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: DukeBillie

Soylent Black is people! IT’S PEOPLE!


18 posted on 04/17/2010 9:02:14 PM PDT by Sloth (Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
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To: DukeBillie

How To Cook Forty Humans

19 posted on 04/17/2010 9:11:36 PM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: DukeBillie

To Serve Man

20 posted on 04/17/2010 9:18:10 PM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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