NUPSON: final tally

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

> nupson - n. - a nautical dish of rat hash and hot biscuit.

The thing is, rat meat is widely eaten in some places, I believe.  In the
South Pacific, Spam is a very popular product.  More Spam per capita is
consumed in Hawaii than any other state in the US.  Some time ago, a
product was introduced on some other island in that general part of the
world (I forget where -- Phillipines?) that was also a canned meat
product, called Star.  Yep, Star spelled backwards is...

> --- Pierre: Rat hash?! Nobody would find a rat aboard a
> ship - sailors put disks on moorings so that no rats can
> board it, to ward off bubonic malady.

Oh, right.  Sailors *wish* there were no rats on ships.  This is like
saying that squirrels never get into bird feeders.

Jean-Joseph