Posted by tim on May 10, 1996 at 13:51:33:
In Reply to: Does anynoe know where to get ships biscuits or symilar? posted by Sam Coupland on April 30, 1996 at 14:57:21:
: I think the subject says it all really,
: Thanks in advance,
: Sam
: I'm in the UK, by the way.
In the S & A equations in which 'pemmican'=corned
beef and 'grog'=ginger beer, I had always assumed
that 'ships biscuits'=digestive biscuits. However,
I cannot now trace the basis for that assumption:
was it no more than a plausible guess on my part?