Originally Posted by
cblaisd
Indeed. I know someone who lost an eye doing this.
Folks who suggest otherwise are just really lucky.
Not to disparage the person or his/her experience, but that person must have
done something really wrong. Remember that the entire canning procedure
involves a process identical to the making of dulce de leche. I'm sure that
accidents have happened in canning and sterilizing, but they are few and
far between and as far as I'm aware have always involved some kind of
failure of technique.
Originally Posted by
radium_mask
BTW, the recipe for dulce de leche you are quoting has a bold safety warning about not trying to open the can while it's hot.
If you're dumb enough you can damage yourself doing just about anything.
I can't imagine trying to open a can when it's too hot to hold. But then I
kind of know how to cook.