>Scheffer's account in "Mammals of the Olympic National Park and Vicinity"
>echoes the statement about Olympic Peninsula hares staying brown through
>the winter season. I find that really interesting. There must be places
>in the higher elevations of the Olympics where a rabbit running around
>in a brown coat during winter is going to be eaten in short order.
>
>Kelly McAllister

So that's where the phrase "short-order cook" comes from!

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