Word: salamis
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...Salami for Chocolate. The Czech returnees, still glowing from their unexpected lark, had started their trip back in high holiday mood. They were given a royal send-off by G.I.s, who loaded them with chocolate bars and good wishes. They were careful to bite each bar in the hope that Czech customs men would find the candy less appetizing that way. On the other side of the border, Communist officials and newsmen were lined up to greet them. "You must be so happy to be back again," they exclaimed, "after the terrible way the Americans treated you." "Yes," said some...
According to the age-old formula, box lunches consist of four sandwiches; usually salami, sliced cheese, soggy tomatoes, bread, all uniformly unappetizing. An apple or orange, warm milk, and crumbled cookies complete the ration. It is no surprise that the wastebaskets begin to look healthier than the students...
...Russians promptly stocked up on bread, salami and potatoes, holed up in their quarters at the Cheesemakers' Inn, directly across the street from U.S. Army Intelligence headquarters in Salzburg, and prepared for a long siege. Colonel Alexander Smirnov, the burly chief of the mission, announced moodily that he could not leave until he received orders from Russian headquarters in Vienna. As far as personal relations were concerned, the Russians had gotten along fine in Salzburg - particularly Senior Lieut. Vasily Pivovarov, who had acquired quite a reputation among U.S. Army officers because he always breakfasted on six eggs, four sausages...
Valdo Magnani and Aldo Cucchi, Deputies and former comrades who have put Italy ahead of Russia, dropped in last week on a small foundry owner, Giacomo Fabbri, in Ferrara. While they lunched on rice and salami, the foundry's workmen sent them a note of welcome and a request for a talk. They agreed. Meanwhile, word of their presence had reached the ears of Maria Prampolini Bonfanti, a hatchet-faced, middle-aged Red partisan, known as La Passionaria di Ferrara.* At local party rallies, La Passionaria always gives orders when to clap and when to boo. Now she quickly...
Chief Rannou takes his responsibility in the preparation of this meat very seriously. A native of France, he points out that his countrymen have always considered horse meat a delicacy on a par with grouse and partridge. He speaks rapturously of a horse salami credited with unmatched mellowness...