just when you thought it was safe to go to the kitchen, cuban croquettes take on a menacing stance
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cubans-denounce-sale-exploding-croquettes-caused-severe-burns-rcna739
He put the familiar croquetas, as they're called in Spanish, in a frying pan with oil on the stove, waited for it to get hot and put some of the croquettes in to cook. Soon after, the croquettes disintegrated like dynamite, shooting sparks of oil into the air.
"I fried them as usual and let them toast a little bit, because my little girl likes them that way. But when I got closer to look at them, one exploded and bathed my face and chest in boiling oil. Then all the others began to explode," he told Noticias Telemundo from the province of Camagüey, in the center of the island. "I still have the burn marks."
Just wow!
Ha, I had some pretty explosive curries in Bangladesh.