Although we never learn where Simon Boom lives, there are Chelm stories very similar to this in which a man who wants only the best X figures out that if X is as good as Y and Y is as good as Z then the best thing to get is obviously Z. Hence, when instructed to get fish for his daughter's wedding, he serves water. (see the final words of the story for the equivalences.) ( )

A story of a man who wanted only the best for his daughter's wedding but who ended up disappointing his wife and guests.