Each year hungry Wanganui folk forget to "always blow on the pie", racking up thousands in ACC injury claims for hot food burns.
Hot pies, hot chips, two-minute noodles and oil burns from frying chicken were just some of the culprits responsible for 16 Wanganui district claims for hot food or liquid burns last year, up from 15 in 2012.
The total cost of local hot food claims last year was $6607, up from $5328 in 2012.
ACC recorded 1817 claims nationwide last year for injuries sustained during food preparation, or while eating and drinking, at a total claim cost of $410,345 - down from $518,379 in 2012.
In the "what you were doing?" section of accident victims' ACC claim forms, claimants specified injuring themselves with something "hot" or "heated", such as spilling hot noodles on to a thigh, or burning the roof of their mouths on hot chips.