roving and others,
Spent a fortnight in Gatow on attachment when the Berlin Wall sprouted in summer 1961, and it looked as if we were likely to have a second Airlift. The favourite place for Sunday lunch was the Belgian Officers' Club at Tegel (?), where they did the most magnificent steaks (reputed to be horse - but none the worse for that !)
Never knowingly ate camel (out East it was always a mistake to ask what the main ingredient in your curry was). What goes into one end of a camel comes out the other. Dried and ground, it is reputed to be the main constituent of the filling of a "bidi" (the ubiquitous Indian roll-your-own).
But then you hear so many things ............
Danny.