Done To A Turn - The Olive Oil Murder

A British chef, Anthony Morley, appeared in the Tribunal Court in London to answer the charge of homicide. Apparently he had killed his one night stand lover, cut off his thigh, then proceeded to season it and fried it in olive oil. The English are not cannibals thank God, but there had been isolated cases that make you think of cannibalism. A similar case occurred in Germany too only a few years ago. This news presented 2 interesting details. The first is seeing how all the newspapers carried titles that say the flesh cut off the lover is then fried in olive oil. They could have said, simply, that it was fried. Or it was fried in oil. But no. All very specifically mentioned olive oil. Up to a few decades before, to the Anglo-Saxon, frying meat in butter would have been more the norm. Before the medical experts decided in the 70's that the Mediterranean diet was the healthiest in the world, in New York for instance, olive oil was used mainly by immigrants from Europe, the Italians mostly. But in the 80's olive oil started to appear in all food stores, with or without connotation with the Italians. Even a bit later in London. Anyway, it seems to be important enough for all the press and radios reporting this gruesome murder punctuating it with olive oil is almost comical. Nobody gave any detail of how he seasoned it, with salt and pepper just? With a sauce? Gravy? Mustard? Chutney? No mention of any of that, all emphasising the olive oil. Even the bit about the title Mr. Gay he won some years ago came after, in the article not the title. The assassin and the assassinated met in a bar in the centre of London. They had lots to drink and ended up in the house of the chef. According to 'The Times', the next morning the chef ran out of his house with his face and hands covered with blood, and went into a shop asking the keeper to call the police (couldn't he have done that himself at home?), that he had killed a man who tried to rape him. Then came the excuse too obviously ridiculous. That being the case, you usually defend yourself the best you could, including you might kill the attacker during the defence, but to calmly cut off the guy's thigh and fried it up for supper before going out to claim you have been attacked? Tags:oliveoil,murder

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