Do they really eat gunipig in peru?

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Dog Owner Galore

yes, it is called cuy. In Lima they generally deep fry it. In the highlands, it is often roasted in a communal oven with special seasonings.

Needless to say, it is absolutely delicious. I wish I had some now, but I think the people at Petsmart would be upset that I want to eat their expensive pets!

dianah

Yes, and alpaca too!!!

sebone103091

Yup. It's considered a delicacy and tastes like chicken :)

whydotheheathenrage

Yup, I've eaten it there!

It's called Cuy in Peru and it tastes like rabbit, if you've ever eaten rabbit. If you haven't, I guess I'd say it's more like chicken than it is like beef.

They put it in soups, but they'll also just cook it up and eat it, still looking like a guinea pig and everything. It's actually really good when you stop thinking about how it looks just like a former pet!

creativetravelers

Part of the tradition since precolumbian times was to eat guineapig due its proteins and lack of colesterol. Nowadays the tradition still alive and especially in the countrysides the peasent farmers raise them next to their kitchen in small corrals to feed them with grasslands. Even local healers uses them to absorve people illnesses but using and passing through the sick people body usually a black male guineapig. If you like to read more of this sort of customs and traditions you can subscribe to newsletters to recieve for free this information frequently, so you can visit:
http://www.southamericamyjourney.com/reservas/newsletters/newsletters.php?ID=1

RocÃo PerÃº

Yes, but not all the peruvians eat it. for example I don`t like it.

â˜… PÂ¡nk â˜…

Yes, we do.
My grandmother raised cuyes and prepared very delicious

.http://www.lunahuanaresort.com/images/cuy%20frito.jpg

tomas

cuy is popular. i ate it once. and it was really bad. rubbery and very little meat. i really like to try everything, but i just did not like it.

the presentation was also not helpful...everything but the head was there. and this was an expensive restaurant in puno (lake titicaca area)

arkoyryz

yes its true, and

its so delicious too :)

check this :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/apr/06/peru.travelfoodanddrink

and

buen provecho :))))))))))))))))))))))

Chienfou

Yes, it's called CUY (pronounced COO-ey) and it is served generally roasted on a stick. Try putting 'cuy' in a search engine and you should get back lots of hits with details....

peru teacher

some do, some don't

Skylark

Si!!! It's called cuy & it's considered a delicacy. I'm a vegetarian, so I didn't try it, but my dad did & it was like the freakiest thing I've ever seen. They served it like splayed out on the plate...head & all. My little sister had one as a pet once, so it was soooo sad to see that poor little sucker on a plate.

At the Santa Catalina Monastery in Arequipa I made the totally blonde mistake of asking the docent giving our tour why they had a whole roomful of cuy & she just stared back at me and was like "for eating, ya'fool!"

One thing that totally CRACKED ME UP was that there is a huge painting of the Last Supper hanging in the main cathedral in Cusco....and there is a cuy on the serving platter in front of Jesus. : )

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