Einmal Currywurst mit Pommes bitte!

Teabag wrote:

Wish I knew what you old foggies were on about? I am ever so slightly drunk though!

Oh, the complacent ignorance of today's young soldiers ! Didn't you ever listen to those informative lectures on regimental history ?

cartav wrote:

Teabag wrote:

Wish I knew what you old foggies were on about? I am ever so slightly drunk though!

Oh, the complacent ignorance of today's young soldiers ! Didn't you ever listen to those informative lectures on regimental history ?

Corps in our case! Once the old gits said pull up a sandbag and swing the light, I usually fell asleep!

What a waste having trained these fellows only to see them go back to civvy street

Quote :

That`s where they wanted to be Jim

Gordon,

You would have had to serve with some of these NS fellows to have known their character. At least they did their time, knowing they were going to get out after a couple of years AND most of them took it in their stride. Mad men of a lot of them.

There were still plenty of them at 7 Sigs when i got there..Their demob anthem was "Happy Days are here again"

Gordon. wrote:

There were still plenty of them at 7 Sigs when i got there..Their demob anthem was "Happy Days are here again"

Would that have been around 1962-3 ish

I got there Jan 62

Gordon, you must then have witnessed the extra six months which they had to do. I got there in 1963, straight to the QM's department assisting the RQMS. (RQ Kennedy, QM Capt Fred Pavey)

Yep...I saw the happy smiling faces when the order was announced.Lots of muttering about who should be killed. But hey! They got a pay rise..

jimsigs1 wrote:

Hi Jim,

Must say I havn't really noticed them in Lidl but will pop round today and have a look see.

Update - Aldi was only store which stocked Weiner Schnitzel. Bought two packs and some salad potato and had a great meal. The actual schnitzel was a bit thicker than we used to get in Germany, but hey who's moaning.

Hardrations, I see we are the only night owls on the forum. What's keeping you up.

Jimsigs1

jimsigs1 wrote:

Hardrations, I see we are the only night owls on the forum. What's keeping you up.

Jimsigs1

Hey Jim Sigs

Ya gotta take into acount I'm in Winnipeg. So it's only 1830 hrs here. So why are you up past your bed time?

Gordon, that's a great link, thank you.

Jim, you're right, sorry it was in Aldi i saw them, and i just bought these

Hardrations wrote:

jimsigs1 wrote:

Hardrations, I see we are the only night owls on the forum. What's keeping you up.

Jimsigs1

Hey Jim Sigs

Ya gotta take into acount I'm in Winnipeg. So it's only 1830 hrs here. So why are you up past your bed time?

Forgot about the time difference. I'm a bit of a night owl anyway. My late Mother was the same. She put it down to being up late during WWII when we used to sleep on the underground station platform during the blitz.

Gordon. wrote:

Yep...I saw the happy smiling faces when the order was announced.Lots of muttering about who should be killed. But hey! They got a pay rise..

Never knew about this late extension....... can't believe they'd be required to do an extra six months over the the normal 2 years without something going through Parliament . So reckon that, being some of the very last NS intakes, they'd been told to expect early release, believed it & then found that such a move was an incovenience to the Army.

Back to nosh & things.......Conner some of our war service regs. called it. Is that still Army speak?.

We had a Christmas Market in the town centre, getting a bratwurst was a must. Big stall, all signed up in Deutsch, oompah band on tape deck, and lanky blonde behind counter turned out in Tracht, that Bavarian trad kit, but keeping warm under a non-traditional anorak. Came to halt, clicked heels, ordered a Bratwurst and asked "Bitte,gnadiges Fraulein,woher kommen Sie?" "Yer wot, chuck?" she grinned, "Sorry I don't speak that stuff....... I'm from Manchester". Illusion was shattered but they did have German mustard for the Bratwurst.

jim wrote:

Gordon, that's a great link, thank you.

Jim, you're right, sorry it was in Aldi i saw them, and i just bought these

No horse meat in these ones though.
Wouldn`t sit well with the delicate palette of the civvies.

[quote="jimsigs1"]Oh! I've just seen my age figure has changed today. Two to go for 80 not out. Hooray! will then get another 57 pence per week on the state pension. Hope they will be able to afford it.[/quote




Greetings from a Sunny Cyprus and a belated Happy Birthday, I shall have a few Efes for you tonight, and tomorrow night, und so weiter und so weiter.

jimsigs1 wrote:

Hardrations wrote:

jimsigs1 wrote:

Hardrations, I see we are the only night owls on the forum. What's keeping you up.

Jimsigs1

Hey Jim Sigs

Ya gotta take into account I'm in Winnipeg. So it's only 1830 hrs here. So why are you up past your bed time?

Forgot about the time difference. I'm a bit of a night owl anyway. My late Mother was the same. She put it down to being up late during WWII when we used to sleep on the underground station platform during the blitz.

Now you got my curiosity up. Which underground station was it?

We're going to start a whole new line of thought here you know.

I'm not convinced the original ones had horse meat in Mal

Many thanks for the greetings Shelldrake - are you in North or South Cyprus ?

jim wrote:

I'm not convinced the original ones had horse meat in Mal

I have to admit to not being 100% certain myself, it is just something that is stuck in my memory from reading labels way back when.
Didn`t stop me eating them, of course, after all meat is meat.

jimsigs1 wrote:

Many thanks for the greetings Shelldrake - are you in North or South Cyprus ?

The North Jimsigs, beautiful Kyrenia.

Shelldrake - Great place Kyrenia. Stayed at Citrus Tree Gardens near Alcansak, about 6 miles due west of Kyrenia last year. Enjoy

Jimsigs1

I will, I know of the Citrus Tree Gardens as I have driven past it a few times.

jim wrote:

I'm not convinced the original ones had horse meat in Mal

Just as troops in the British Army believed their tea was laced with bromide, and bully beef was affectionately known as corned dog, those of the Wehrmacht were convinced there was horsemeat in the Frikadellen. The rumour passed into home front folklore. There is no reason to doubt that horsemeat never found its way into the field kitchen Goulasch Kanone and it may well have been an ingredient introduced in an emergency. But with the German army more dependent on horses
as prime movers than other major combatants, horses were far too valuable to be used as a regular part of the daily diet.

Not so with canines. It was quite acceptable for dog meat to end up in the stew pot and the term "Schweinhund" was coined to refer both to a rotter and to a pork substitute. Tommies in World War 1 called the Dachshund the German sausage dog
though there is no record of this breed being singled out to become a field ration supplement.