Ugly veg

Green-fingered Brian Davy didn’t look twice at the hideous root vegetable after digging it up on his allotment.

But his wife spotted its bug-eyes, hooked nose and crooked mouth as she was about to cook it.

Brian, 71, said: “It looks like some sort of gargoyle.

“My wife is the chef and it didn’t go in the pan because it was so unusual.”

Brian, of Wellington, Shrops, has grown veg for five years. He said keeping a parsnip was a “bit odd” and it could still end up on his plate or even in a broth.