It’s early in the year, and we are sure that many other candidates will come to our attention — they always do — but, thanks to an alert reader, we think we’ve found a finalist for the Best Correction of the Year 2006.
It came in the Wednesday “Dining Out” section of the New York Times, and it reads in its entirety:
“Because of an editing error, a recipe last Wednesday for meatballs with an article about foods to serve during the Super Bowl misstated the amount of chipotle chiles in adbobo to be used. It is one or two canned chilies — not one or two cans.” (Emphasis added.)
Pass the Pepto-Bismol, please.
Steve:
While the NYT was amusing (and could save some poor reader from spice-poisoning), this item from the L.A. Times (posted at the L.A. Observed blog; http://www.laobserved.com/) gets credit at least for length!
Ann Romano
Posted by Capo Annie on Thu 9 Feb 2006 at 03:40 PM
Here is the correction from the Feb. 7 L.A. Times:
FOR THE RECORD
Super Bowl food — An article in Wednesday's Food section about food to serve while watching the Super Bowl incorrectly described the recipe for Buffalo wings at Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y. The article said Anchor Bar fries the chicken wings, pours Frank's RedHot sauce on them and offers bottled blue cheese dressing on the side. In fact, the Buffalo wings there are cooked, then tossed with a proprietary sauce that comes in four flavors; the blue cheese dressing is made in-house. Also, retired football player Mean Joe Greene's last name was misspelled as Green. Additionally, an accompanying article describing Frank's RedHot sauce incorrectly stated that this sauce is the "secret ingredient" behind Anchor Bar's wings, which are not made with it.
Posted by Capo Annie on Thu 9 Feb 2006 at 04:50 PM