Fried Guinea Pig
I realize that the idea of a truly repulsive recipe has certain prejudiced elements to it. Having never actually tried haggis, for example, I assume its repulsiveness based on a certain cultural bias I possess against eating stomachs. So there’s definitely an element of xenophobia inherent to the grossness of a lot of the grosser recipes out there. I'm all for cultural awareness and everything, but that being said, eating pets? Ew ew gross. Courtesy of Laurel, who has traveled extensively through the sorts of countries that, in my more drunken moments, I offensively mock, I'm excited to bring you this simple yet delicious confection.
Laurel confirms that this dish is quite popular in, like, Peru or something. I think the key element is the cold beer that it is suggested you have on hand, because you will have to hit yourself in the head with the can or bottle several times until you are dissociated enough from reality to eat a freaking guinea pig.
Juan Fajardo’s Fried Guinea Pig
(Cuy Chaqtado)
1 guinea pig, de-haired, gutted, and cleaned (ed: you’re on your own here. I have no idea how to de-hair a guinea pig. Though my vintage edition of the Gourmet Cookbook has a section on how to flay a squirrel)
1/2 c. flour
1/4 - 1/2 t. ground cumin
salt and black pepper to taste
1/2 c. oil
Pat dry the skin of the guinea pig and rub in the cumin, salt, and pepper. Preheat oil. Dust the carcass (ed: yum! Nothing is as appetizing as the word “carcass”) with the flour and place it on its back in the oil, turning to cook both sides. Alternately, the guinea pig can be cut and fried in quarters.
Serve with boiled potato or boiled manioc root, and a salad of cut tomatoes and slivered onions bathed in lime juice and a bit of salt. Have cold beer on hand.
If you're curious as to what this dish will look like before it's cooked, here's an example:
And if you're interested in the after:
Yummy.
posted by helen at 4:17 PM
23 Comments:
Guinea pigs are so bitey and mean. I bet they taste gross.
5:15 PM, January 31, 2006
fuck you fuck you fuck you!!!!!
I hope you will end like that!!!!!!
7:36 PM, August 06, 2006
Dear Helen...that's what "variety of cultures" consist of...this dish comes from inkas' tradition...and i understand that it might be awful for some people like you...because in your society you have known Guinea pig as a pet.
some people might think that for example scottish typical dressing is awful because they wear skirts so that they seem gays...but that is their tradition!! let me tell you something I am living in Australia and i have found out that they eat kangaroo meat!!!...so come on open your mind and don't judge people because of their traditions!
10:31 AM, August 13, 2006
GUINEA PIGS ARE NOT BITEY AND MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW YOU AND I HOPE YOU BURN TO DEATH
10:43 PM, August 15, 2006
it is just NOT right to cook dogs...or any other animal... especially pets!!!!! you people are WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why do you even have a museum for this????
10:45 PM, August 15, 2006
you sick fuck! burn in hell with your mother and father while you children are hung from poles with a sign reading: "Feel free to throw rocks at the fags"
12:33 AM, August 16, 2006
wow-you people seem to have a lot of aggression you need to work out. Gonzalo: tradition is OK-as long as no-one is hurt by it! I find hot dogs nearly as repulsive, but as the owner of three guinea pigs, it's hard for me to imagine eating these furry little animals. But it is just as hard to imagine eating a cow, pig, or chicken. The difference between a kilt and fried guinea pigs is that no-one is any the worse for wearing a kilt-(except for maybe the sheep, who possibly got nipped by the razor when being shorn) and when frying guinea pigs you have to kill the pig. Not OK!
By the way, Inca is spelled with a 'c', not a 'k'.
9:19 AM, August 18, 2006
well it is good to know that there are still people with civilized manners of giving opinions.
Yes Emma..but i don't know if it might be harder (i don't pretend to make a top ten) than killing bulls in a bullfight, hunting whales for making sushies, taking out fox's skins for beeing in fashion or killing fur seals for nonsense, etc...i wouldn't call them traditions but come from so called first world countries...
there might be a japanese, spanish or u.s./canadian person that will tell me that it is normal even though i'll never understand it likewise you don't understand why guinea pigs are eaten in some countries.
Finally when i mentioned "inka" I used the quechua word...Take a look at this:
http://www.quechuanetwork.org/dictionary.cfm?lang=e
see ya
11:03 AM, August 21, 2006
some animals are just too cute to be eaten!! (dogs, cats, dolphins) especially little guinea pigs! I will never tell my guinea pig Hippo about this. he would be terrified of leaving his Pigloo...
4:41 PM, March 14, 2007
u bastard .....i used 2 have this pet at home.it was 1000000 times more wise than u... i think it is sick to eat pets....really....mentally sick people do something like this....better thing is only to eat a brain of ALIVE monkey.....some bastards do like this u can try.....it is my advice for amateurs of guinea pig......u just try. and let me know how it was.i am waiting. with regards< SAINI
9:49 AM, May 05, 2007
You stupid fuckheads, they are harmless guinea pigs, they didn`t cook you! I hope you meet some cannibals, and they cook you the same way. You tortured them, de-hairing them, skinning them, and killing them! Rot in hell, fuckers!
5:16 PM, May 28, 2007
that is just sick!!!!how can you do this!! I really hope someone is going to de-hair you, skin you and kill you the same way!!!!!
12:24 PM, June 17, 2007
yummy???that pretty little pet is yummy??? I really hope you will be eaten with all of your museum!!!and then I hope people will say you were yummy!!!which I doubt!!
12:26 PM, June 17, 2007
I'm sure if you were all stranded and starving in the Andes you'd probably eat a guinea pig too. The tradition of eating guinea pigs developed as a survival strategy long before the advent of supermarkets and Tofurkey. The truth is, every culture at one point depended on one meat source or another for survival, and whether or not you think this is ethical, it's important to realize that if they didn't you probably wouldn't be here today. The only difference between modern day Peruvians and you "civilized people" is that they don't write of their ancestors practices as barbaric and revolting. Think what you want about meat, but don't attack others for their traditions. I'm sure if you were given the choice between feeding your children a guinea pig or watching them die of starvation you'd probably feed them the damn thing. If not, there is something biologically wrong with you.
9:08 PM, December 02, 2007
I hope to bring some light on the matter. The "cuyes", wich is how the incas named this little rodent where and still been an important part of the diet of the people of the andean region. They do not keep them as pets, they breed them as we do with chicken or cows, or rabbits, they cousins. They reproduce really fast ( a female can have up to 30 baby "cuyes" per year). the ones you get here as pets are the little ones, there are some breeds than can weight 8 pounds and above. It was and still been an important supply of protein for the inca people.
So please don't judge this as "gross", it's just that way it is. And the way the inca cooked it more frequently was simmered in peanuts sauce, not fried, Peanuts are native to Peru, where they are called "maní" a quechua word. from Peru they were taken to Mexico in precolumbian time where they were callec "cacahuatl".
Also, as the the "incas" didn't have a written language, it was up to the "conquistadores" to write the sounds of the "quechua" using the spanish language, so "inca" is written using the spanish sounds, and "inka" is how an english speaking person will write it.Also as the spanish language evolved, so it did the way the qhechua was spelled, like the capital of the inca empire is spelled in so many ways: Cuzco, Cusco, Qusco, Qosqo, because, all are an aproximation to the sound of an quechua speaking person. I personally think that Qosqo reflects more closely the sound of a native quechua speaking person (yes i've been to Peru for many years).
4:22 AM, February 10, 2008
U R SICK MINDED PEOPLE!! i have a guinea pig, and if my little scooter found out bout you, you would be in big trouble!!! HOW DOU EAT, POOR INICENT CREATURES. (they are not bitey and mean either) i love guinea pigs, and you will NEVER get mine!! you sick stupid gienea pig eaters!!!
11:03 PM, May 09, 2008
I'm scared by the anger of these people... do you really have that much hatred or are you just a little too expressive with your words?
Do you really hate people because they eat something you think is cute?
well boss did it
ever strike you that a
hen regrets it just as
much when they wring her
neck as an oriole but
nobody has any
sympathy for a hen because
she is not beautiful
while every one gets
sentimental over the
oriole and says how
shocking to kill the
lovely thing this thought
comes to my mind
because of the earnest
endeavor of a
gentleman to squash me
yesterday afternoon when i
was riding up in the
elevator if i had been a
butterfly he would have
said how did that
beautiful thing happen to
find its way into
these grimy city streets do
not harm the splendid
creature but let it
fly back to its rural
haunts again beauty always
gets the best of
it be beautiful boss
a thing of beauty is a
joy forever
be handsome boss
and let who will be clever is
the sad advice
of your ugly little friend
archy
11:14 AM, August 14, 2008
you are the most awfal woman in the world! How would you like if sombody cooked you? Huh?
9:02 PM, September 26, 2008
YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES WILL END LIKE THAT! YOU WILL FRY IN HELL ALSO!!!
9:27 AM, November 06, 2008
Apparently some people have no resemblance of a heart, soul, or anything in between.
9:19 PM, January 10, 2009
Alright..look. YOU guys think guinea pigs are pets..and a cow, or a chicken are just as harmless as a guinea pig. have they ever done anything to you? No. so don't say we're killing innocent animals when all animals are innocent and yet there is still mass slaughtering and mistreatment of some of the other animals and i dont see anything being done about that... like Gonzalo said, this is a traditional dish so you people with your pet guinea pigs need to calm down because you obviously don't understand and never will understand why we eat guinea pigs. if you don't find it appropriate then thats great for you, but leave the people who do alone!
5:10 PM, January 29, 2009
C'mon, i bet half of u eat cows a home. They are nice animals. You tatless assholes need to gain some culture
SHEESH!
5:27 PM, March 26, 2009
Every bases their opinion on their cultural background. How about if you had been raised with a chicken as your pet, or a cow, or pig? Don't you think you would be the same way about eating them. First of all, if you haven't tasted guinea pig, you can't say it tastes gross or that you need to be drunk in order to enjoy it. The fact is that eating guinea pig is a tradition in Peru, and peruvians consider eating guinea pig as a delicacy. First, you need to know in order to be able to speak out your mind.
2:56 PM, November 07, 2009
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