You dont really want to be a guinea pig in Peru
Kelvyn
Found this news story on Yahoo news
HUACHO, (Reuters Life!) - Furry guinea pigs squared off in Peru as their
breeders tried to claim top prize for raising the fattest, fastest, most
fashionable or tastiest rodent.
Those that won the road race and fashion competitions were spared the
frying pan. Others were not.
The women, who gathered in the coastal town of Huacho on Sunday, prepared
guinea pig every which way, from boiled to fried, but almost always whole
including their feet.
Some at the competition, now in its third year, dressed their guinea pigs
in red and blue outfits accessorized with wide-brimmed pink and white hats.
Pampered in other parts of the world as a pet, the guinea pig in Peru is
dinner. Top Peruvian chefs say it tastes better than rabbit and is low in
cholesterol.
Full story can be found here...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/lf_nm_life/peru_guineapig_contest_dc
kelvyn
No Guinea Pigs were harmed during the writing or sending of this post.
javier...@yahoo.com
> Found this news story on Yahoo news
>
> HUACHO, (Reuters Life!) - Furry guinea pigs squared off in Peru as their
> breeders tried to claim top prize for raising the fattest, fastest, most
> fashionable or tastiest rodent.
> Those that won the road race and fashion competitions were spared the
> frying pan. Others were not.
> The women, who gathered in the coastal town of Huacho on Sunday, prepared
> guinea pig every which way, from boiled to fried, but almost always whole
> including their feet.
> Some at the competition, now in its third year, dressed their guinea pigs
> in red and blue outfits accessorized with wide-brimmed pink and white hats.
> Pampered in other parts of the world as a pet, the guinea pig in Peru is
> dinner. Top Peruvian chefs say it tastes better than rabbit and is low in
> cholesterol.
>
>
> kelvyn
> No Guinea Pigs were harmed during the writing or sending of this post.
I am still amazed at the things human beings will eat. Makes me want
to be a vegetarian. I'm sure to some me eating chickens and cows is
absolutely disgusting and I wouldn't blame them.
Janna & the piglets
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I'd eat guinea pigs if I were in Peru. The animals raised to be eaten
are different from the animals raised to be pets. Like most animals,
there are pet-quality and food-quality (and, in some cases, show-
quality). Sure, sometimes they overlap, but that's the way it is.
I'm sure it tastes something like rabbit, which I've had. Not bad.
-Janna, Isabella, and Guido