Dear all, Meissner ham is made from a special pig from a region in Germany with that name. http://www.kulinarium-meissner-land.de/produkte/wurst-und-fleischwaren.html Sorry about the language. Could that be the ham in question? Best regards Håkan Hallstedt Stockholm, Sweden
Den torsdagen den 3:e maj 2012 skrev : > In researching my book, Dinner with Churchill, I too was flummoxed by this > ham name and so left it out of the book. > Cita Stelzer > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Antoine Capet" <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Sender: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:36:46 > To: <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Reply-To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Meisner ham at Chartwell, 1945 > > > Dear all, > > In his letter to CSC dated 11 August 1947, WSC mentions that his visitors > from Time-Life "brought as goodwill offerings Cigars, > Brandy, a Meisner ham & lots of chocolate for you". > > Searches on Google only produce references to radio hams : surely he must > have been referring to the food product in those days of > severe rationing in the UK ? > > What sort of ham was / is Meisner ham, if anybody knows ? > > Thank you all in advance for any enlightenment. > > > Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Head of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:;> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:;> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
