>I wondered were the neme Duck soup came?  I was at a web site and it said
>the following and I wondered if it was true?  "Duck soup was named after
>the ferret it was originally invented for, to help keep the ferret eating."
 
That's what I seem to recall from back then, though I could be wrong.
What I can't remember was if it was pre-FML (rec,pet, rec.pets.alt, or
rec.pets.alt.ferrets) or in the FML.  A search for first mention might
find it in the back FML issues.
[Posted in FML issue 3152]