On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:10:34 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam "Checkmate, DoW
#1" > wrote:

>They were probably serving rat tartar sandwiches, known as a "Cannibal
>sandwich".

*Nobody* eats rats unless in the last stages of starvation. What you
probably saw were nutria; the first time I saw one, I thought it was a
rat.

Is the singular of "nutria" a "nutrium"?

Jones