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Monday, officials showed off some guinea pig dishes, including the rodents fried, roasted and broiled. They also had a live pig dressed as Santa Claus.


1 posted on 12/16/2008 12:42:41 PM PST by JoeProBono
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What me worry?


2 posted on 12/16/2008 12:45:57 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono
How about some deep fried cuy?


3 posted on 12/16/2008 12:46:26 PM PST by Joiseydude (Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
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To: JoeProBono

A guinea pig makes a FINE meal!


4 posted on 12/16/2008 12:47:49 PM PST by WayneS (apologies to the writers of the movie The Patriot.)
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To: JoeProBono

Gopher?


5 posted on 12/16/2008 12:48:13 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: JoeProBono

Gerbils have more white meat....jk


8 posted on 12/16/2008 12:49:51 PM PST by vietvet67
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Eeerrrpp.

Almost enough to turn me into a vegetarian. We’ve got so many wild turkeys around here that we could survive on them forever.

Pass on the guinea pig. Thanks, but no thanks.


9 posted on 12/16/2008 12:50:38 PM PST by EggsAckley
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Florida should export thousands of Nutria to Peru. It would be like having a roast turkey instead of squab. They weigh anywhere from 11-20 pounds, and the Peruvians would probably love Cajun style Nutria.

http://www.nutria.com/site14.php


13 posted on 12/16/2008 12:52:32 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: JoeProBono
Pigeon. We're having pigeon and that's final.


19 posted on 12/16/2008 12:58:43 PM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: JoeProBono
A bit more appetizing presentation.
21 posted on 12/16/2008 12:58:53 PM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: JoeProBono

and in last night’s episode, Anthony Bourdain was in Uruguay feasting on roast armadillo.


24 posted on 12/16/2008 1:01:31 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Here’s someone recounting their guinea pig as class project meal:

http://www.mombu.com/pets/guinea-pigs/t-guinea-pig-redemption-1708370.html

I do find the attached head and feet rather off-putting in the photos, but really, guinea pig isn’t that much different from rabbit, which is delicious.

-—tkoed


25 posted on 12/16/2008 1:01:31 PM PST by The King of Elflands Daughter
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27 posted on 12/16/2008 1:06:45 PM PST by wastedyears ("Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne)
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To: JoeProBono

I bet those things are tasty! Roast up a dozen or four and you can have a whole meal!


29 posted on 12/16/2008 1:09:45 PM PST by autumnraine
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NOT much meat on a Guinea pig. Not enough for one person.


41 posted on 12/16/2008 1:28:31 PM PST by buffyt (Barack HUSSEIN Obama is a LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND!!!!!! Look Out!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: JoeProBono

In Mexico guinea pigs are called “cuyo” and they are very tasty. I have never eaten one with the head or feet still attached, but I don’t like to eat fish with the head attached, either.

“To each his own,” said the man, kissing a cow.


42 posted on 12/16/2008 1:33:57 PM PST by Bertram3 (Hey, I'm just the messenger.)
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Isn’t guinea pig supposed to put lead-in-your-pencil, or am I thinking of something else. Just thinking.


43 posted on 12/16/2008 1:39:29 PM PST by duckman (Jesus I trust in You. Mary take over)
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They take guinea pig raising as seriously in Peru as turkey raising is taken here. Peru has a very poor population and this is a staple in their diet. I think it’s great that they are taking an active interest in feeding their population rather than waiting for handouts from the UN like so many other poor countries.


44 posted on 12/16/2008 1:40:19 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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From Dear Santa by Sean Morrey (one of my favorite Christmas songs):

Dear Santa, this is Billy from Dallas. I would like a big wheel with the air conditioning package, power steering, cd player, and also a Sony Playstation.

Dear Santa, this is Raul from Venezuela. I want a stick! To burn for heat!

Dear Santa, this is Jessica from Aspen. I'd like a Barbie Dreamhouse with the electric sports car, lots of outfits and matching outfits for me too please.

Dear Santa this is Loupay from Paraguay. I want some rain. So I can stop drinking my own urine...
47 posted on 12/16/2008 1:52:08 PM PST by philled ("I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants." -- Howar Ziad, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada)
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To: JoeProBono

Not substantially different from eating rabbit.


49 posted on 12/16/2008 2:05:38 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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