269. The bet and the outcome....

Someone explaining how he got his nickname:

The American press nicknamed me X after a bet that I made with the Captain. He had promised me a certain type of suitcase if I won a important match, which I did. The American public liked this nickname, which highlighted my tenacity, never giving up on my prey! My friend Robert George provided a visual representation which kind of stuck, for perpetuity.

Who and what nickname?

268. Our man in Lahore?

In 1971, he acted as special advisor to the Pakistan Air Force and prior to the start of hostilities of the Bangladesh War he is reported to have said that the Pakistani army would be in New Delhi within a week.

During the war, his twin-engined Beechcraft was destroyed in an Indian air raid on the Chaklala air base - he was reportedly incensed and demanded retaliation. Despite Pakistan's surrender to India, he stayed on in Pakistan until March 1973, and spent most of his time making several expeditions to the K2 mountain, vacationing in Swat, trekking and hunting in the Northern Areas and learning the Urdu language...

Identify.

267. The last cut

What food item gets its name from the Italian term for the last act in its production process ,that of cutting away?