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19th April 2003	What was in a melee bag? By J. W. Was it sand or rice? Im not sure. It could have been feathers for all I know!!!! Soz for all the questions now! I will have more though! So much to learn! I J. Walters
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19th April 2003	Glenn Wade Inside the mealee bag were mealees. A type of Indian corn. They were rations and not really for defence. Regards Glenn Wade
21st April 2003	Joe Corn sounds good right now!
22nd April 2003	Chris Tapster Mielies (Afrikaans spelling) is maize or corn; the kernels are removed and roasted and can then be made into mielie pap by grinding (traditionally in a coffee grinder when on campaign) and mixed with water. The resultant paste has no taste at all, but when mixed with a tomato-based sauce and eaten with meat or wors is delicious. Chris Tapster, Heilbron Commando reenactment group