What did the "kriegies" do with the produce that arrived in the food parcels? Bohdan Arct listed some of the recipes. As for spam… 

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(1) Oberürsel Interrogation Centre

(2) Stalag Luft 1 - Red Cross Parcels

(3) "Belt Up" - German Rations

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