When cooking is dangerous.
I have kept this email for a few weeks now, because it cracks me up every time I read it:
URGENT NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL FIRE AND SAFETY HAZARD IN RECIPE FOR ICEBOX ROLLS ON PAGE 154 OF THE APRIL 2004 ISSUE OF SOUTHERN LIVING
Please DO NOT USE the Icebox Rolls recipe. Combining the water and shortening as described in the recipe may cause the mixture to ignite, is extremely dangerous, and could result in fire and safety hazards.
Whatever I expected it to say, it wasn’t that the recipe would ignite. Mike was sitting by the computer when I got this, and we promptly became hysterical as we imagined spontaneously combusting icebox rolls.
Maybe it was just us?
April 26th, 2004 at
I had the same reaction. It makes me giggle just to recall it.
I wonder if anyone else knows what we’re talking about?
April 27th, 2004 at
wow.
April 27th, 2004 at
I’m now trying to figure out how you’d combine water and shortening and start a fire.
April 27th, 2004 at
…and obviously you can’t just dump more water on it to put it out. Yikes!
April 27th, 2004 at
Geof, I get the feeling that you also want to try it. Do you want me to send you the original recipe?
April 27th, 2004 at
Perhaps Southern Living should upgrade to freezers.
April 27th, 2004 at
Southern Living is too old-fashioned for those newfanged contraptions. If an icebox was good enough for my grandma, it’s good enough for me.