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"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Well, I don't know so much about that. I've seen pictures of the garages
and
> people after an explosion of the cookers because instructions weren't
> followed. It all goes back to that Bill Engval routine of "somebody had to
> write a letter" --- Package insert on Preparation H - not for oral use;
tag
> on hair dryer - do not use while sleeping; tag on curling iron - do not
> insert into any body orifices. He is so on target with the fact that some
> idiot out there had to do it first for there to be a warning, and then to
> have to put a warning on something means they know that someone will still
> try it and not follow instructions. Oh well, anyway, I didn't know UL
hadn't
> put their seal of approval on them, so I was just commenting on that.
Kinda
> wandered away from what was really being discussed.
>
>
Well, heck, yes, there are always contenders for the Darwin awards out
there. But does that mean we should tell everyone not to use Preparation H,
hair dryers, or curling irons?
If you don't turn on your stove from year's end to year's end, have never
even fried a chicken leg, and the only cookbook you own is the one that came
packaged with your microwave, then I wouldn't recommend deciding to deep fry
a turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Buy boil-in-bag turkey breasts, or go
out for dinner.
However, if you know how to cook, have a few functional brain cells, and
want to go through the process, frying a turkey shouldn't be that hazardous
an undertaking.
By the way, no kitchen should be without a functional, tested fire
extinguisher. Ask any professional chef. If you're going to go building
fires outdoors, you should probably have one about 10 times the usual
kitchen size. But again, that's just common sense.
--
Sheila
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