Comments on: Delicious Food served in the West End during 1943

By: lynn wardle

lynn wardle — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:07:14 +0000

I had dinner with several friends at the White Tower,restuarant in the Summer of 1951,and afterwards we all went on the amusements at the Festival of Btitain. The following week I went into the RAF for National Service. I was told that |Princess Margaret was a patron

By: John Stais

John Stais — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 21:31:20 +0000

Regarding the post above Theodoros says:
( May 16, 2012 at 8:44 am
My dad worked at the White Tower after the war! Thanks for this.)

The White Tower was owned by my Uncle (John Stais).
I am looking for any stories about the restaurant and the people that worked there . For My biography that I am writing.
Could Theodoros please contact me. It would be much appreciated.
admin@johnstais.com

By: gene

gene — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:31:49 +0000

This certainly made me think of the Monty Python Spam sketch. Oh, and Hawaiians really love them some spam!

By: Theodoros

Theodoros — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:44:18 +0000

My dad worked at the White Tower after the war! Thanks for this.

By: K.Knowler

K.Knowler — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:45:14 +0000

Specially prepard american meat.

By: Ess Dee

Ess Dee — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:43:49 +0000

Ugh, Spam. It is in fact short for “Spiced Ham” – years ago, before the ubiquity of Teh Interwebs, she would fax me historical info on that and other Hormel products. She took their products very, very seriously. Hormel has a rather charming Spam timeline at http://www.spam.com/about/history/default.aspx; for trivia (and propaganda), see http://www.spam.com/games/facts/default.aspx.

I can’t stand the stuff, but I love that an American product was mocked by Monty Python and as a result came back to the U.S. as a term for unwanted emails. Nice cultural exchange there.

By: R. L. Smith

R. L. Smith — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:14:06 +0000

Is the picture with caption “Chaufroid de Volaille Yorkaise served at Piccadilly’s Regent Palace Hotel” the real thing if so where did you come by it any story attched to it??

leigh

By: David

David — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:03:48 +0000

Spam fritters speak to me of 70s school dinners, I’d go for one now.

On a trip to South America I was amazed to discover that Fray Bentos is actually a meat-packing town in Uruguay, named after a priest (Friar Benedict)!

By: Vegetarian Magazine

Vegetarian Magazine — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0000

What an interesting and info packed site. Thanks for this, I really appreciate what you have done here. Keep it up, and I will be back for more. Bill Kilner

By: Alan Hodkinson

Alan Hodkinson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:21:02 +0000

Loved Spam when I was a kid during the War, when we could get it, still love Spam today.
I even use it as fishing bait when I go Carp fishing.