assaulted dog postings and now this? That’s quite a turn around!

Any chance you’ll be getting the kids a guinea pig for their birthdays?

I too tried the ol’ guinea pig when I was in Peru a few years ago. I found it…chewy.

was that picture of the actual ginnea pig you ate or just an example?

ha! just an example!

You are kidding,right??? Please tell me you are joking.

You are kidding,right??? Please tell me you are joking.

nope, kris — not kidding.

Dude, that is so wrong!!! You ate a pet!!

I’m sure ive had it once or twice at local chinese places….

Did you get the liver? When I was in Peru a few years ago we ate ginnea pig in a Quechua village and the liver is really the best part. One warning though. Don’t go into your local pet store and ask for three pounds of ginnea pig… they sort of frown on that here.

It’s not a pet! It’s a noisy nuisance! It’s always funny to me the things that Americans are shocked other cultures eat … and vice versa. There are things we do that are just as shocking to other cultures! : ) When I lived in South America as a teenager, I used to try weird things just so I could freak out my friends back home in my letters. Now if only you could incorporate this into NYWC … perhaps a guinea pig eating contest on stage during a general session? Whoever finishes theirs first wins? With a cage of live ones running around in front of the contestants?

I don’t agree with Matthew about them annoying factor…but I do agree with our reactions to food from other cultures and vice versa. Not usre I could step up and do the guninea pig thing, though.

beats eating a dog…

You don’t agree they’re annoying? All they do is squeak and poop!

and hence, they must be consumed. :-) 20 years ago or so friends of our family got free beef ribs from the butchers in Germany because they conidered those to be dog food.

Nope, but I have never owned one! :)