With the Serbs in Macedonia

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made either of these luxuries impossible. A Jew
is a Cowboy with money to burn compared
with a Greek who holds the market at his mercy.
So the principal item had to be ration beef—
roasted ; and roast beef on Christmas Day
cries aloud for roast potatoes. But the trouble
was that we hadn't any potatoes to roast, or any
tins to roast them in ! Difficulty number one
was got over by applying to the Serbs, always
ready to do anything for the British. They
sold us a sack of potatoes. And difficulty
number two was surmounted by Workshops
cutting up petrol tins and soldering them into
baking dishes. They also put their backs into
it, and made us several ovens, as until then all
the Company had never had a roast at once.
One section would have roast by
turn and the
rest stew.
So far good. But if roast beef and roast
potatoes — why not Yorkshire pudding ?
was a — great thought a conception such
It
as
comes very few times in a lifetime. Imagine the
joy of men on Active Service in the wilds of
Macedonia if they found themselves confronted
with a slab of nicely browned Yorkshire !
The dream was irresistible, and the impossible
was achieved. Opposition was gently and
smilingly thrust aside. For once an omelet
was made without breaking eggs. Eggs were