As everyone knows, the 20's were rather busy in Chicago. The city was a prey to traffickers of all sorts, although Eliot Ness incorruptible did all he could to eradicate violence in the capital of Illinois. But the mob, led by a certain Al Capone spent his time imagining cruelest practices as each other. Franco and Limone, nicknames "The Mixer", devised a culinary competition quite original: any cook could go before a jury selected by the mob. If the meal was fit, he was exempt from the tax levied by the Mafia. On the contrary, if the meal was bad, he was immediately executed.
It was very risky, but a first chef, Walter Meat, started the adventure. Everything started well: its entrance, a liver chestnut puree, worked wonders. His main course chicken stuffed with prunes won a resounding success. But for dessert, he missed his creme brulee, which was too burnt. The jury, relentlessly did the same with the brains of poor Walter.
As this experiment was quite miserable for the first contestant, gave up other potential candidates to participate in this contest. So they paid their taxes to the Mafia. In bribes, of course. Did you know?