Cookbook has 'salted and freshly ground black people' typo

[Liberal_in_LA]

I'm black and thought the typo was kinda of funny. Not so much the 'small minded' remark

Cookbook pulped over 'ground black people' typo


An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people."


He told The Sydney Morning Herald for a story printed Saturday that, "We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind and why anyone would be offended, we don't know."


Sessions said the publisher would replace the book for any buyer "small-minded enough" to complain. The reprinting will cost 20,000 Australian dollars ($18,500).



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/17/international/i192831D93.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0lQ8KSf5u

[aquart]

1. "Typo"? What was it supposed to say?

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. remove the 'black'

[BlooInBloo]

3. Pepper, obviously. Amusing freudian slip, or worse though...

I suppose it's theoretically possible that it's just some software auto-correct thing though.

[aquart]

15. I know of none that would do that.

And I've seen some interesting software decisions.

[BlooInBloo]

18. Me neither. And me too.

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. It's believeable as a combination of a typo and an auto-spell checker

With 'o' next to 'p', it's possible the 'pp' was typed as 'op' - and 'r' is next to 'e' so that's a possible typo too.. Here's the top suggestions my plugin spellchecker gives for some typos for 'pepper'

peppe -> pepper, pepped

peoper -> proper, pepper

peope -> pope, people

peppee -> pepper, pepped

peopee -> people, peonage

[Rage Inc.]

28. No, it was either Freudian or deliberate

And, given the wingnutty reaction of the publisher, I wouldn't rule out the latter!

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. I wouldn't call the publisher's reaction 'wingnutty'

And you live in a different world if you think a publisher like Penguin puts something like that in deliberately. If it helps, trying saying what he said in an Australian accent. You know, one that sounds like the speaker laughs sometimes.

[slackmaster]

31. The DU spellchecker gives "people" as the first alternative for "peppel" and "pepple"

And probably a few others.

[BeFree]

34. Peoper?

pepper > misspelled = peoper
peoper > spell check = people

[lunasun]

4. Too bad the publisher isnt 'large -minded enough' to understand why anyone would be offended

[Ken Burch]

11. He should be freshly-ground.

:sarcasm:

[depakid]

5. Saw that in the morning paper

The exercise will cost Penguin $20,000, the head of publishing, Bob Sessions, said. At $3300 a letter, it's a pricey typo.

Stock will not be recalled from bookshops because it would be "extremely hard" to do so, Mr Sessions said. Copies remained on the shelves in city bookshops yesterday, selling for $20.

Mr Sessions could not understand why some readers had found the slip offensive.

"We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind and why anyone would be offended, we don't know," he said.

"It's called the Pasta Bible, almost every recipe has ground black pepper in it, mostly in the same place .

"In one particular recipe misprint occurs which obviously came from a spell checker. 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.

"We've said to bookstores that if anyone is small minded enough to complain about this very ... silly mistake then we will happily replace for them."

http://www.smh.com.au/national/penguin-reprints-book-peppered-with-an-error-wants-it-taken-with-grain-of-salt-20100416-skjl.html

[Historic NY]

13. Who's on the menu tonight, dear.

[provis99]

6. is it a recipe for Soylent Green?

[rationalcalgarian]

7. Good one!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[ccharles000]

9. lol

:spray:

[amerikat]

8. My sisters wedding menu included

"children Franciase". just a typo I'm sure. No children were served at
the event. although some chickens did lose their lives.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. lol n/t

[peekaloo]

24. Are you sure? Could be that children taste like chicken.

:hide:

[madinmaryland]

30. That really depends on the type of breading you use.

:popcorn:

[undeterred]

27. Fresh children are wonderful at wedding receptions.

[slackmaster]

32. I've always wanted to start a restaurant called Kentucky Fried Children

We do children right!

[ZombieHorde]

12. Sounds delicious! nt

[Warren DeMontague]

14. "To Serve Man"

Anyway, I agree about the small-minded remark.

I don't know what it is with people these days being completely unwilling to admit they fucked up, from Bush to the Vatican. I mean, just fucking say "I'm sorry", don't try to be cute about it.

[uppityperson]

16. NEVER rely on spell check. eom

[polmaven]

25. Especially when the word is spelled correctly...

Spell check won't pick up if the word is used incorrectly, only if it is spelled incorrectly.

[ChicagoSuz219]

17. YIKES! lol n/t

[Quantess]

19. That's pretty funny.

[spinbaby]

20. Not surprised

When spelling checkers replace real editors, this sort of thing happens.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. Maybe they should market it to New Guinea?

:hide:

[mwb970]

22. I never salt black people.

All you end up tasting is the salt! Plus it's bad for you. If you must season them, try a mild spice (perhaps turmeric?), beginning with small amounts then building up till you hit that "sweet spot". Yum!

[trusty elf]

23. Made me think of this...

[rucky]

29. How to Serve Man

[QC]

33. In a student's paper, "maturation" somehow became "masturbation."

He was certainly embarrassed by that one!