The Brussels Times reports
Belgium’s love for gastronomic delights has leaked into its legal world after an update to the online version of the country’s official journal accidentally included a recipe for white asparagus gratin.
Discovered by lawyer Morgan Moller in the francophone version of Moniteur Belge – the country’s official gazette – the six-step recipe follows on from a paragraph discussing economic law.
Ik heb het gehad met mensen die zeggen dat het Belgisch Staatsblad nutteloos is. Je vindt er alles : wetten, besluiten, recepten om te koken, noem maar op.
Eerlijk : in mijn juridische carriere deze hilariteit nog niet vaak tegengekomen. pic.twitter.com/VKR9rJOg6Z
— Morgan G. Moller (@morganmoller) May 28, 2021
“I have had it with people who say that the Moniteur Belge is useless,” Moller wrote on Twitter. “You can find everything in there: laws, determinations, recipes, you name it.”
The mistake – which was limited to the online version and was eventually corrected – prompted a comment from the Moniteur, which was quick to point out that the document was not, in fact, a legal text.
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Asparagus gratin recipe accidentally included in Belgian legal text