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slammer111 04-18-2010 01:08 AM

Pasta cook-book mistakenly lists black people as ingredient
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8627335.stm :lol

Quote:

Cook-book misprint costs Australian publishers dear

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.

Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of Pasta Bible last week, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

The reprint cost A$20,000 ($18,000; £12,000), but stock in bookshops will not be recalled as it is "extremely hard" to do so, Penguin said.

The recipe was for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto.

"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.

"When it comes to the proofreader, of course they should have picked it up, but proofreading a cook-book is an extremely difficult task. I find that quite forgivable," Mr Sessions said.

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

flagella 04-18-2010 01:15 AM

I find that quite forgivable.

fishing666 04-18-2010 07:38 AM

wasted my time

datoad 04-18-2010 08:41 AM

lol the proofreader probably did a spell check and called it a day

Greenstoner 04-18-2010 05:23 PM

Before reading the article I could already guess black pepper
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StylinRed 04-18-2010 05:51 PM

Australians are racist though (& extremely nice at the same time... its a weird mix)... so the guy who edited was probably like "tee hee, this should be good for a laugh"

yellowpower 04-18-2010 05:52 PM

Its a typo, so what?

LiquidTurbo 04-18-2010 07:07 PM

This black kid says it best.

http://sameritech.files.wordpress.co...ckin_cares.gif

AVS_Racing 04-18-2010 07:20 PM

more black people, i mean black pepper please :haha:


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