Urban Plains Magazine » illinois http://urbanplainsmag.com/2011 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:13:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ouch: Illinois man deep-fries his own leg http://urbanplainsmag.com/2011/chicago/ouch-illinois-man-deep-fries-his-own-leg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ouch-illinois-man-deep-fries-his-own-leg http://urbanplainsmag.com/2011/chicago/ouch-illinois-man-deep-fries-his-own-leg/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:01:58 +0000 Joe Stych http://urbanplainsmag.com/2011/?p=2155 It’s understandable to be excited about turkey day. But if you’re deep-frying the big bird this year, make sure to take the right precautions.

Serafino Alfe from Mount Prospect, Illinois, was trying to deep-fry 25 turkeys when something went terribly wrong. Something slipped, and 30 quarts of scalding oil poured out onto his right leg. Serafino suffered third-degree burns, and he’ll need skin grafts.

At least he has a sense of humor about it; he calls the injured leg his “drumstick”. Head over to the Chicago Sun Times to check out the whole story.

Cautionary turkey tale: Mount Prospect man deep fries own leg—Chicago Sun Times
By Kim Janssen
Photo: Jinx! 

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