Guinea Pigs
My apologies in advance to all owners of pet guinea pigs! You are going to hate me. You might not want to read this. In fact, if you have a weak stomach you might want to stop reading right now. Alright, if you're still reading it means you have a strong stomach. Last chance...
I ate guinea pig while I was in Ecuador. I'm not proud of it. I'll probably never do it again. But I did it. Evidently, guinea pig is a delicacy in Ecuador. To put it in monetary terms, a hamburguesa cost $3 and the guinea pig was $15.
We actually gave some of our leftover guinea pig to our taxi driver. He loved us. I wouldn't however recommend that you give an American taxi driver fried guinea pig. It might not be interpreted as a gesture of kindness. You'd probably be considered a freak. Which is probably what you are if you go around giving taxi drivers guinea pigs.
I've stopped making sense so I'll stop blogging now.
I ate guinea pig while I was in Ecuador. I'm not proud of it. I'll probably never do it again. But I did it. Evidently, guinea pig is a delicacy in Ecuador. To put it in monetary terms, a hamburguesa cost $3 and the guinea pig was $15.
We actually gave some of our leftover guinea pig to our taxi driver. He loved us. I wouldn't however recommend that you give an American taxi driver fried guinea pig. It might not be interpreted as a gesture of kindness. You'd probably be considered a freak. Which is probably what you are if you go around giving taxi drivers guinea pigs.
I've stopped making sense so I'll stop blogging now.
8 Comments:
What did the guinea pig taste like?
To use the infamous quote: "Tastes like chicken." Actually, not sure exactly what it tasted like :) But it wasn't all bad.
you ate cuy (pronounced "quee")!!!I am so proud of you guys!!! and to the anonymous person above, from my past experiences with cuy (and probably with every other strange food we try to categorize), all I can say is that it tastes like a variation of chicken ;-)
I'm a Pastor/Missionary in Peru,
We eat guinea pig (cuy) all the time. It´s delicious. People in the States don´t know what they´re missing. Try the pigeon next time. It´s pretty good too but not as good as beef hearts on a stick when cooked on the grill.
Pastor Brian
Now Mark you say it taste like chicken...but what if, what if chicken actually tastes like guinea pig.
That really would change everything, wouldn't it?
Mark, do you know what Adam and Eve said when they tasted their first chicken?
"Why, this tastes like EVERYTHING!"
I'm all food confused now.
By the way, Holy Cow, one of my favorite Spanish phrases on our trip was Santos Baca--Holy Cow.
That is after someone told me I shouldn't say Santos Huevos :) We had this steak with egg on it that was called churrasco and I felt like saying "Holy Eggs" as in "Holy Eggs Batman!" but turns out its slang.
So Santos Baca it is!
Mark
Isn't there a quote from the Matrix about things tasting like Chicken?? ... to wit:
"You take chicken, for example: maybe they couldn't figure out what to make chicken taste like, which is why chicken tastes like everything."
BTW - I have a habit of making words up in latin (instead of saying funny things in Spanish, that is). I guess that's super geeky of me but .. you know ... for example. "Polisflexiphobia" ... the fear of flexible [ie rubber] chickens. Ha.
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