"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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> http://www.floridatoday.com/story/li...path/17052505/
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> Epicurean adventures go off beaten path
> Christina LaFortune, FLORIDA TODAY 12:11 a.m. EDT October 12, 2014
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> Taste in food is purely a matter of perspective.
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> 4. Guinea pigs. Yes, you read that correctly. The cute little rodents we
> keep as pets are considered a food staple in Peru, Ecuador and other South
> American countries, where they're known as "cuyes." Believe it or not,
> they're gradually finding their way into restaurants in the United States.
> Like insects, they are easy to raise in large quantities in an
> environmentally sustainable way, making them a green alternative to beef.
> If you do find it on the menu of your favorite Peruvian restaurant,
> aficionados report that you can expect the meat have a slightly stringy
> texture and taste like a combination of pork and rabbit.

We made a point to have that in Peru. They are typically spit roasted.
Stringy, bony, dry. Rabbit is far superior.