The web site indicates that Meissner is a type of pig = Meissner Schwein. Den 3 maj 2012 21:06 skrev "Antoine Capet" <[email protected]>:
> > Dear Mr Hallstedt, > > Many thanks for this most likely lead. Of course Meissner could easily > have been misspelt as Meisner by WSC. > > The puzzling question is why he should have assumed that CSC would > immediately understand what he meant. Was Meissner ham famous in Britain at > the time ? Why ? Since then ? > > Also extremely puzzling is why / how Meissner ham could be procured in > 1947, at a time when Germany was starving, so much so that the perpetuation > of rationing in Britain was justified by the need to "share" with Germans > in the British Occupation Zone in Germany. > > And how did the two Americans from Time-Life (stationed in London) obtain > the coveted German ham ? (The question would not arise if it were American > ham.) > > It is of course highly interesting that Cita Stelzer was unable to trace > the allusion in her thoroughly-researched book. > > Many thanks again for this lead, > > A. Capet > ================ > > -----Message d'origine----- From: håkan hallstedt > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 7:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Meisner ham at Chartwell, 1945 > > 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<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]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:36:46 > To: <churchillchat@googlegroups.**com <[email protected]>> > Reply-To: [email protected] > 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] > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/**reviews.html<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]**. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to churchillchat+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <churchillchat%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/churchillchat?hl=en<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 churchillchat+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <churchillchat%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/churchillchat?hl=en<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 churchillchat+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <churchillchat%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/churchillchat?hl=en<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 churchillchat+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <churchillchat%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/churchillchat?hl=en<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.
