- Contributed by听
- Ron Goldstein
- People in story:听
- Ron Goldstein and Friends
- Location of story:听
- Guelma
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A8594436
- Contributed on:听
- 17 January 2006
Street scene in Guelma, North Africa
In June 1943 my unit, the 49th LAA Rgt, was stationed near Guelma in North Africa.
A few of us went into 'town' for a drink and a meal and after finishing up in a particular grotty cafe we asked for the menu.
The waiter replied 'No menu, but would you like our speciality?'
After the meal one of the lads said to me 'Find out what that dish was called so that we can ask for it again another time'.
I summoned up my best schoolboy French and was told that we had just eaten 'serpent', which I would remind you translates as snake.
It was quite nice, actually !
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