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'Twas on Flanders' muddy fields
'Twas on Flanders' muddy fields 
 

Western Mail, 4 July 1929, p. 2

'Twas on Flanders' muddy fields in 1917 and a dilapidated company cook was standing by watching an issue of stew being ladled out. Calling to his offsider he said. "Hey. Bill! Stick a knife in the duff. It's O.K. if it comes out clean." From the queue of diggers came a voice: "Hey. Bill! If the knife comies out clean stick the cook in too!"