Miscellaneous

You Say Tomato, I Say *Clank*

Some chef's take their food very personally.

A row over the correct way to make shepherd?s pie ended up in court after a disagreement between two brothers turned violent.

After a day spent drinking, Michael Garvin cooked his brother John the traditional English dish for dinner, expecting a grateful response.

John, however, voiced his disquiet that the pie was not topped with a layer of sliced tomatoes.

His brother, a chef, claimed a layer of tomatoes was not the appropriate way to finish off a shepherd?s pie, and responded by hitting him over the head with a shovel.

As the argument got out of control, John threatened to petrol bomb his brother?s flat and was arrested.

Who the hell puts a layer of tomatoes on top of Shepherd's pie? I've never heard of such a thing. And the judge in the case agrees: "District Judge Peter Ward told the defendant that, in his view, there was no need for a layer of tomatoes on a shepherd?s pie." Case closed.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).