Sometimes it's not the crime, it's the cover up. Sometimes it's the failure to cover up.
In close, fiercely-fought contests, the killer mistake can be publicly admitting what many get away with. Such is the case in Kentucky, where a statewide race thought to be a shoe-in has suddenly been thrown into chaos by an offhand admission by the favorite.
No, silly. Not McTurtle. Linda Horton.
Horton's blue ribbon buttermilk pie, which took top honors at the state fair was, Horton freely admitted...
MADE WITH STORE-BOUGHT CRUST!
The scandal is the talk of the nation, headlined in print, radio and baking-centric blogs (Hey, Joe, where you goin' with that rolling pin in your hand?).
The crime is an offense against the integrity of fine baked goods everywhere, and the miscreant freely admits her perfidy:
"This year, I used a Pillsbury pie crust," adding her experience with prior homemade pie crusts was that they "didn't crumble a whole lot."
Fair officials are not taking the charges lightly, and a complete investigation is underway.
(Superintendent of Culinary Department Steve Lee) said Horton will be questioned by state fair officials. "State Fair culinary competition management takes matters such as this very seriously."
Lee noted that final judgment has not been reached, and the possibility exists that Horton actually made her own crusts, merely suggesting the pie could be crafted just as well with store-bought pastry, but that story strikes many pieologists as pretty flaky.