Dinner in Akrotiri Mess
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If I might take you all back to the very late 60s when Akrotiri was the center of the RAF universe; there were so many visitor crews on occasions that we had to open No 2 mess. I seem to remember this emporium was for drinking, not dining. One regular activity amongst the visitors was to stop the ceiling fan in the bar with one’s head. As a local, I was unsure why this was important but, after a few Keos who cared!
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Akrotiri means hard tack and gruel for me. That was after an ocean of St Panteleimon an inland sea of Kokkinelli and an enforced rest which left me with a stripey sun tan courtesy of the bars on the window.
I often enjoyed the meals in the OM at Akrotiri, or Akronelli as it was affectionately known. During the summer I particularly enjoyed the salad and cold cut lunches, if only to balance the kebab, brandy sours, Keo beer, Mount Olympus red wine and kokinelli wine dinners off base!
Kokinelli - what an experience, until joining the RAF I had no idea that Cyprus imported Welsh wines! Faaboolous, isn't it?
PS: Have a look at this website here for some memories of Akrotiri. Includes (small) pics of the Akrotiri Arms and Kris Kebab.
Kokinelli - what an experience, until joining the RAF I had no idea that Cyprus imported Welsh wines! Faaboolous, isn't it?
PS: Have a look at this website here for some memories of Akrotiri. Includes (small) pics of the Akrotiri Arms and Kris Kebab.
Re kokinelli - the Limassol wine festival in one of the town parks was worth a visit. Your 5p (equivalent) entry fee got you a wine glass which you could have refilled at no extra charge as often as you wanted. The ornamental fish pond was drained for the occasion, and refilled with kokinelli. Naturally later in the evening there would be drunken squaddies splashing around in it trying to drink it dry!
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I witnessed several paras falling over, as if pole-axed, after a session on Kokinelli at the Wine festival. They were drinking it straight from the carafe!
Kokkinelli unobtainable?
Wonderful stuff - and which raised a question first PPRuNed some 15 years ago: Is it the Kokkinelli or the Kebab that Darkens the Stool? ?
Wonderful stuff - and which raised a question first PPRuNed some 15 years ago: Is it the Kokkinelli or the Kebab that Darkens the Stool? ?
Kokkinelli unobtainable?
Wonderful stuff - and which raised a question first PPRuNed some 15 years ago: Is it the Kokkinelli or the Kebab that Darkens the Stool? ?
Wonderful stuff - and which raised a question first PPRuNed some 15 years ago: Is it the Kokkinelli or the Kebab that Darkens the Stool? ?
Is it the kokkinelli that darkens the stool: I remember doing a trip to Djibouti from Khormaksar and coming back with several demi johns of Djibouti plonk. The next morning, Russ Martin (the squadron doc) was inundated with phone calls from the party goers who were convinced that they were bleeding to death.
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Weren't Kokinelli and Pandemonium two different "evening wines"?
Back in the mid-seventies, the detachment boss decided on a mini dining-in night. There was a case of 12 bottles of Keo port in the cellar, with 11 still left. I would not be surprised if there are still 10 to this day! Not a great vintage.
Back in the mid-seventies, the detachment boss decided on a mini dining-in night. There was a case of 12 bottles of Keo port in the cellar, with 11 still left. I would not be surprised if there are still 10 to this day! Not a great vintage.