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    Chile daily must pay readers for exploding churros

    SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Supreme Court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 to 13 people who suffered burns while trying out a published recipe for churros, a popular Latin American snack of dough fried in hot oil.

    The publisher of La Tercera must pay individual damages to 11 women and two men ranging from as little as $279 to $48,000 for one woman whose burns were particularly severe.

    The high court's ruling was announced Monday, seven years after the readers burned themselves while trying out the recipe.

    Judges determined that the newspaper failed to fully test it before publication, and that if readers followed the recipe exactly, the churros had a good chance of exploding once the oil reached the suggested temperature. Grupo Copesa, which publishes the paper, said it will abide by the ruling.

    Days after the recipe was published in the paper's "Woman" magazine in 2004, hospitals around the country began treating women for burns suffered when the dough boiling in oil suddenly shot out of kitchen pots.

     
    • Chris W  •  Santiago, Chile  •  5 mths ago
      It took them 7 years to make a decision on this??!?!?!??!?!
      • Aparato Pop 5 mths ago
        Compared to the USA, Chilean justice is swift.
      • Mister 5 mths ago
        OUR lawyers would drag this out at LEAST 10 years. Then they would get all the settlement.
      • Michael P 5 mths ago
        Mister, you give the lawyers too much credit.
    • Insidious Banana  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  5 mths ago
      They should have included the recipe in this article so we could check for sure. At least send it to Mythbusters.
    • Justice Seeker  •  5 mths ago
      They should have added...
      "Don't try this at Home"
    • M.S.  •  5 mths ago
      What we really need is tougher regulation of cupcakes.
      • Harley-Davidson 5 mths ago
        Have No Fear, after the TSA rounds up all the cupcakes that look like explosives, the world will almost be safe again.
      • golf rat 5 mths ago
        Lol!
      • ferd 5 mths ago
        Yeah! Buttercream frosting only! The ONLY two exceptions are carrot cake or red velvet cupcakes.
    • Cutlass Crusier Owner  •  Warren, Oregon  •  5 mths ago
      I gotta get this recipe and give it to my Mother in law!
      • Natalie 5 mths ago
        *snort*
      • Ralphy 5 mths ago
        Like times 1000!
      • jobob 5 mths ago
        like this A ZILLION TIMES!!!
    • Edg1  •  Reno, Nevada  •  5 mths ago
      Another good reason to never Fry Naked.
      • CarbonBasedLifeForm 5 mths ago
        Especially bacon...
      • KennethK 5 mths ago
        Actually nekkid is safer, if you get splattered the oil cools faster and you can wipe it off real fast before it does any real harm. Thin clothing like a t shirt and jeans will only keep the oil hot longer and keep it on your skin longer causing a much more severe burn.

        Only thick clothing like a winter coat or a real thick robe would save you.
    • Choice  •  Denver, Colorado  •  5 mths ago
      News flash: Exploding Churro seized by T.S.A. agent..."Muy bueno" replies authoritys..
    • Mr. E.  •  Los Angeles, California  •  5 mths ago
      MMmmm.. Churros.
    • elbarto  •  5 mths ago
      No wonder the churros at Disneyland cost so much.
    • Fugno  •  Mesa, Arizona  •  5 mths ago
      Churros might to lead to dangerously explosive intestinal gas. I would rather sit next to cupcake lady any day.
    • Questmr  •  5 mths ago
      Wouldn't it be great if news papers were responsible for the content of their papers in the U.S. Instead, they can say what ever crosses their mind and cite "unnamed sources."
    • LtDanhasnolegs  •  5 mths ago
      If that happened here they could have sued and the victims and their lawyers would never have to work again..instead look what they got..a fair settlement
    • Mr. Nice Guy  •  Kingwood, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      I feel this story is going to unfairly hinder the publishing of my binary babaganoush recipe.
    • Foxtrot Uniform  •  5 mths ago
      I wish I got money every time I burned myself cooking something
    • Roofus Jones  •  5 mths ago
      I'm an idiot also. Where do I pick up my check?
    • Kati  •  San Marcos, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      Shouldn't these women in Chile already know how to make Churro's?.....
    • carnelian  •  Millington, Tennessee  •  5 mths ago
      Just shot right out of the pots and pans, huh? Too funny! Sorry that the people were hurt though.
    • Richard F  •  5 mths ago
      Chile today hot tomale.
    • Michael  •  Sanford, Maine  •  5 mths ago
      Cant claim to have read the recipe but that only happens when your dough has too much moisture or if you failed to fully thaw your dough before use. Just like frying a turkey if its not totally thawed out it will explode every single time, that's why its so dangerous...

      Eddy B is right in a seance but wrong in the fact that i does not matter how you drop it in it will still get you if its not properly prepared. Water and very hot oil is a deadly explosive mixture plain and simple, one needs to be very careful when frying anything, more so if the recipe calls for heat over 400deg...
    • Juan Gatos  •  El Paso, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      Back in the day we didn't have all these churros blowing up all over the place.
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