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From Pets To Plates: Why More People Are Eating Guinea Pigsby ALASTAIR BLANDApril 02, 201311:54 AMPhil Whitehouse/via FlickrYou may best know the guinea pig as a nervous little pet that lives in a cage and eats alfalfa pellets.Now, the rodents are increasingly showing up on plates in the United States.South American restaurants on both coasts seem to be pushing the trend, answering to demand mostly from Andean expats for what is considered a fine and valuable food in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Middle-class foodies with a taste for exotic delicacies are also ordering, photographing and blogging about guinea pig. The animals — called cuyes in Spanish — are usually cooked whole, often grilled, sometimes deep fried. Many diners eat every last morsel, literally from head to toe.But there may be more to gain from eating guinea pig than bizarre foods bragging rights. According to activists, eating guinea pig is good for the environment.Matt Miller, an Idaho-based science writer with The Nature Conservancy, says rodents and other small livestock represent a low-impact meat alternative to carbon-costly beef. Miller, who is writing a book about the ecological benefits of eating unconventional meats, visited Colombia several years ago. At the time, he says, conservation groups were expressing concern about local ranchers clearing forest to provide pasture for their cattle — activity that was causing erosion and water pollution."They were encouraging people to switch from cattle to guinea pigs," Miller says. "Guinea pigs don't require the land that cattle do. They can be kept in backyards, or in your home. They're docile and easy to raise."/quote]I live such a sheltered life; I haven't seen these on the menus at the restaurants I visit......Yum-YUM!
So, a thousand pounds of guinea pig meat produces less CO2 than a thousand pounds of steak meat, huh? I don't believe it.Guinea pig, the new democRAT white meat.
Have you ever tried to herd those things? I need a shorter horse, for starters.
I'd try it.
For libs the guinea pig is a multi tasker.
Ask me how I knew this was going to come up. Besides, I saw on South Park they use gerbils.
I KNEW you were going to ask me to ask you. Okay, how did you know this was going to come up ?
South American Guinea Pigs have taken to wearing disguises... Bzz, Bzz. I'z a scary Bee! Bzz.
