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04-18-2010, 01:08 AM
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| Pasta cook-book mistakenly lists black people as ingredient
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8627335.stm  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.
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04-18-2010, 01:15 AM
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I find that quite forgivable.
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04-18-2010, 07:38 AM
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04-18-2010, 08:41 AM
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lol the proofreader probably did a spell check and called it a day
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04-18-2010, 05:23 PM
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Before reading the article I could already guess black pepper Posted via RS Mobile | |
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04-18-2010, 05:51 PM
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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"
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04-18-2010, 05:52 PM
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Its a typo, so what?
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04-18-2010, 07:07 PM
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This black kid says it best.  | |
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04-18-2010, 07:20 PM
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more black people, i mean black pepper please  | |
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