Chilean Newspaper Pays Damages Over Exploding Churro Recipe

When you’re trying out a new recipe, you generally shouldn’t have to worry about your foods exploding out of the pot while cooking. The unfortunate exceptions to this rule would be 13 Chilean people who tried out a churro recipe they saw in the newspaper, resulting in severe burns from the recipe’s scalding hot oil.

The newspaper was ordered by Chile’s Supreme Court to pay damages to the affected people based on the severity of their injuries. The cost of the damage ranged from just under $300 to $48,000 for some of the incurred injuries. Judges of the court ruled that the newspaper had failed to fully test the recipe before it was published and were therefore responsible for the harm caused to the people who followed the recipe. Grupo Copesa, the newspaper’s publisher will abide by the ruling made earlier this week by the court which has come seven years after the recipe was published.

(via The Huffington Post)

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