On Mar 8, 2015, at 10:00 AM, rodg via wrote: > Good evening everyone, > I have just finished reading an article sent to me by the Boer War Museum on life in the POW camps. > In one paragraph mention is made the bread ration was stopped and replaced with 'klinkers'. According to the boer war site, link below, these are "biscuits". <http://www.angloboerwar.com/books/74-de-wet-three-years-war/1518-de-wet-chapter-v-the-overwhelming-forces-of-lord-roberts> search klinkers.........it has [19] after it then scroll down to the bottom item [19] where it explains "biscuits" > I have not heard this term used as a food item. Would anyone know what it is as they write that the 'klinkers' were so hard that even if soaked for half a day, still could not be eaten. Sounds like those particular biscuits were already fossilized with age :-) (The boers were treated abominably) > In another section mention is made of how the prisoners made pancakes from potatoes. Never heard that before. How does one go about this process. Kartoffelpuffer: http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/German-Browned-Potato-Pancakes They can also be made from leftover mashed potato. Namaste, Irene -- Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom. P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220. www.Furryboots.info (Info on Feline health, genetics, nutrition & homeopathy) "Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."