Would you eat Cuy (Guinea Pig)?

[~Jessie~]

A delicacy in Peru is cuy (guinea pig) meat. They're called cuy for the sounds they make ("cuy cuy") Cuy was a staple of the traditional Inca diet.

It's generally cooked and served with the head still attached. Restaurants will cut it up for you, though.

So... would you eat it?

I plan on trying it when I'm there, but it's hard to wrap my head around the idea of eating a "pet" animal

[stardogs]

Probably not, for the same reason that I generally don't eat pork - I've come to know both types of animals as individuals, which makes it hard to eat them.

[Lyzelle]

I don't have an aversion to strange food, usually. If I did, cuy definitely wouldn't be the worst thing on the list to try, so why not?

[BostonBanker]

I don't think I would try it, but mostly because I'm not a very adventurous eater. Any info on what the meat is like?

[Emily]

I had guinea pigs for a long time (and adored them) and I still think I'd try it, LOL. Is that messed up?

[~Jessie~]

Originally Posted by Emily

I had guinea pigs for a long time (and adored them) and I still think I'd try it, LOL. Is that messed up?

Haha. I owned and showed rabbits when I was a kid, but I have no aversion to eating them

[~Jessie~]

Originally Posted by BostonBanker

I don't think I would try it, but mostly because I'm not a very adventurous eater. Any info on what the meat is like?

It's supposed to taste like rabbit meat. It's greasy and has a stringy texture.

I'm an adventurous eater for the most part. I'd never be able to bring myself to eat dog or anything like that, though.

[Beanie]

Originally Posted by ~Jessie~

It's greasy and has a stringy texture.

Well that makes it sound even less appetizing LOL.

I'm trying to figure out how much meat you would even get out of a guinea pig...

I'm not very adventurous with my different meat options, I'm pretty limited to what I like anyway. I like chicken and I like pork. So I wouldn't try it just because I anticipate I wouldn't like it (especially given that description!)

[~Jessie~]

Originally Posted by Beanie

Well that makes it sound even less appetizing LOL.

I'm trying to figure out how much meat you would even get out of a guinea pig...

I'm not very adventurous with my different meat options, I'm pretty limited to what I like anyway. I like chicken and I like pork. So I wouldn't try it just because I anticipate I wouldn't like it (especially given that description!)

At least I'm not trying to sell it. LOL. It's supposed to be greasy, like rabbit or duck. And the meat has a stringy texture, but it's supposed to be tender.

I'm imagining that each prepared/cooked cuy weighs 1lb or so- they generally serve 1 per person.

[Shai]

Sure I'd try it.

Originally Posted by ~Jessie~

It's supposed to taste like rabbit meat. It's greasy and has a stringy texture.

Rabbit is stringy and greasy??