Never under-estimate stupidity

From FoxNews...

"There was a mistake in a recipe for apple cake. Instead of calling for two pinches of nutmeg it said 20 nutmeg nuts were needed," Matmagasinet's Chief Editor Ulla Cocke told AFP.

"We know that four adults ate one cake made from this recipe, and they didn't feel well," she said, adding that "this is obviously very regrettable."

When Matmagasinet first spotted the recipe typo it sent its 50,000 subscribers a letter, and placed a leaflet in store copies, warning people that “high doses of nutmeg can cause poisoning symptoms,” AFP reported.

"At first we thought this would be enough, because we didn't really think anyone would bake or eat this cake, since so much nutmeg would give it a horrible, bitter taste, and because it is simply not that easy to get hold of that much nutmeg," Cocke said.

I should point out that this was in Sweden, not that Swedes have cornered the market on stupidity.

Posted by Danny Carlton at August 29, 2008 8:13 AM