Delectable holiday hazards: fried turkeys

Delectable holiday hazards: fried turkeys -

tasty regional dishes have a way to migrate across the nation and that was the story of fried turkeys. What was largely a southern dish, beloved in Louisiana, has become a popular new way for adventurous chefs to prepare turkey -. And no wonder, it is quite delicious
But this Thanksgiving, LA firefighters a question for would-be turkey fryers: your turkey or your life? They produced some spectacular images of exactly what can go wrong to highlight these dangers.

You can see that it is a dangerous business. enough that Underwriters Laboratories has decided not to certify turkey fryers with their UL Dangerous confidence. If you decide to fry the bird whatever, please read the linked article to get some tips fire experts from the Los Angeles security police.
Thanksgiving fires are common
You should not be frying a turkey to run into trouble for Thanksgiving - cooking fires nearly double the holiday, occurring more than twice as often as any other day. According to the Fire Administration US Thanksgiving sees an average of 4,300 residential fires resulting in 15 deaths, 50 injured and more than $ 27 million in property damage each year. Protect yourself, your family and your home this year -. To prepare a safe stay, take a minute to review some best practices for cooking safely issued by the US Fire Administration

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