Swedish magazine typo causes four to be poisoned

9-04-2008 @12:08PM Brenda said... I have been cooking and baking for about 20 years. I attended cooking school for 2 years right out of high school. Never have I come across a recipe that called for so much nutmeg, but until I read this article, I did not know it could be poisonous in large amounts. Even for a seasoned baker, this is news to me. Recipes always call for extremely different amounts of ingredients, that is what gives them their unique taste, texture, and appearance. I know a lot of people out there don't know that omitting salt from cookies and other baked goods is a huge no-no. The salt and baking powder/soda, or yeast react chemically to give you the light and fluffy or dense cookies and properly risen bread. And really, if you're going to go through the effort of making it from scratch, please use real butter.
Reply

9-04-2008 @12:19PM Telling it like it is said... "I checked. There's nothing about nutmeg in the Articles of Confederation, okay? Also, I know a lot of southerners, come down from
Confederates, none of whom use nutmeg much "'Cause it don't deep fry too good." My fifth grader says he doesn't like it on cocoa--never has. And when I was in Japan, I just said "Hi," and almost everybody said "Hi" back, no matter what time it was. Sheesh."

Seth, my point was that things that seem like basic skills/knowledge to some people aren't necessarily something someone would know. This isn't the same as pouring two cups of salt into an egg. Salt is a common agreement even the most inexperienced cook has come across. But nutmeg nuts are not that common. If you haven't heard about or used them before, you wouldn't know that 20 nuts are poisonous. If you haven't learned something yet, you aren't going to know it. In order to know what the Articles of Confederation are you would have had to take a government or history class at some point. Or read it in a book. Or learned about it somehow. If you haven't then you wouldn't know what they are or why you should care. Same with nutmeg nuts. I was making what is called a comparison, which just happens to be another basic skill.
Reply

9-04-2008 @12:23PM boredwell said... it reminds of the swedish chef character on sesame street...
Reply

9-04-2008 @12:35PM anniekapn said... Cracker brains and wackers. It was the dissertation on twenty nutmegs. Try to waste my time with 100% positive forward, only. I give back 100% from MYSELF is a retardidity. Annie (No Warblers needed)
Reply

9-04-2008 @1:00PM Paula said... Well now you have given some sickos a good idea.
You should never print things like that.
Tell the story but don't give out the facts...oh well to late.
Reply

9-04-2008 @1:17PM Michele said... I have been around my Grandmother and Mother cooking all my life, but when it came to following the recipes on my own I needed a decoder ring. I was adding cups of lemon to recipes when what they really meant was a demitasse cup. Most of the recipes ended in "then mix together and cook the regular way."
Reply

9-04-2008 @1:33PM Bob Dugan said... Are you kidding me? What if there were a typo that suggested someone add five moth balls to a vanilla smoothie instead of malt balls just for the aroma... da ya think they'd follow the recipe? Probably... How about if someone invented dehydrated water: directions - just add water...LOL Stupid isn't quite the word I'd use but it may be the only one you'll print. I'd go with "dumb s--t"! or "dumb a--"! If one doesn't cook, there are hundreds, no thousands of boxed mixes available at the same stores as nutmeg nuts. Don't be such a "dumb a--", buy box-o-cake instead. Reserve any legal stuff for actual "dumb s--t" stuff...
Reply

9-04-2008 @1:36PM padmeamidala said... I have a recipe for garlic chicken that actually calls for 40 cloves of garlic. (You roast a whole chicken with the garlic inside.) Now, that sounded way excessive to me, but it actually was very yummy. I can totally see how people might think that this nutmeg cake recipe sounds a little odd, but then end up trying it anyway. Nutmeg is a relative of the black pepper family though, so good God! One bite alone must have been potent!!! And for the dude who said you can't find nutmeg nuts in the store---yes you can. Look in the the jars of bulk spices at major supermarkets...I buy it around Christmas time for a delish family recipe coffee cake.
Reply

9-04-2008 @2:07PM kerry wenrich said... i don't know who wrote the recipe but they obisuly were not bakers
Reply

9-04-2008 @2:04PM pat wodzynski said... my daughter in law put 1 cup of salt instead of 1 tsp in a red velvet cake.
Reply

9-04-2008 @2:13PM Karen said... After grating 20 nutmegs, i'm surprised anyone had the energy left to make the cake!
Reply

9-04-2008 @2:29PM jay said... I agree. Stupid, stupid, stupid, this world if full of stupid people. I mean lets face it we are all stupid, including me, to give our opinions on something as stupid as this. I hoped the persons who cooked these apple pies were old cuz they would have a legitemate excuse. Theres a lot of smart people in this world in the sense of 'school wise' but have no common sense whats so ever. There needs to be a school on learning 'common sense'. This world lacks a whole lot of that. If you have to rely on recipes for an apple pie just go out and buy an apple pie, sprinkle some powdered sugar on it and say you made it from scratch and one other thing, a lil off the subject i know, but for you credit card people who have to call in consistantly about your credit card(s), get rid of it. Either your company isnt any good to deal with or ur just too dumb and/or irresponsible to have a credit card(s)
Reply

9-04-2008 @2:59PM Stevenlee said... For those of you who have never used nutmeg nuts, (which apparently from the uninformed commentary is practically everyone on this blog), they are EXTREMELY hard. Grating them takes a LONG time. Allowing time to rest weary arms and bandage scraped fingers, grating TWENTY nutmeg nuts would take you like four hours. I don't care how stupid you are or how inexperienced a chef, SOMETIME in that four hour period, as the pile of nutmeg grew in front of you, you would have to have an epiphany. Therefore, these people must have been doing this deliberately, either for the publicity or the liability.
Reply