It is a tiny misprint, but an Australian publisher had to pulp a cookbook after one recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" to be added to the dish, AFP reported Saturday.OMG, someone keep an eye out just in case Al hears about this.
Penguin Group Australia pulped and reprinted about 7,000 copies of "Pasta Bible" after the typographical error was found in the ingredients for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
I think you spelt that wrong . . . .
"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 was quoted as saying.
That's OK, whoever is offended probably doesn't know, either.
Penguin said almost every one of the more than 150 recipes in the book called for salt and freshly ground black pepper but a misprint occurred on just one page, probably as a result of a computer's spellchecker program.
I think I just heard Al shouting something about the spellchecker being racist.
"When it comes to the proofreader, of course they should have picked it up, but proofreading a cookbook is an extremely difficult task. I find that quite forgivable," Sessions said.
Obviously you aren't having delusions of successful lawsuits dancing around in your head.
He said it would be extremely hard to recall the stock but if anyone complained about the "silly mistake" they would be given the new version.
Yeah, that's pretty silly. But just in case, I think I'll have the fettuccini alfredo. With browned mushrooms and sauteed onions. Hold the pepper, though. I'd prefer to take care of that myself.