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Title: Lunch today
Post by: rogwar on September 09, 2007, 11:33:38 PM
Spent the weekend in Cajamarca, Peru. This is a tasty dish!
Off to the Yanacocha gold mine tomorrow. Will have to post some other pics from the weekend as well.

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/Cuy/PeruX002.jpg)

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/Cuy/PeruX004.jpg)

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/Cuy/PeruX008.jpg)

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/Cuy/PeruX011.jpg)

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/Cuy/PeruX012.jpg)

Cleaned as much as I could...

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/Cuy/PeruX014.jpg)
Title: Lunch today
Post by: BlueJ1 on September 09, 2007, 11:50:35 PM
Is that a flocking rat?!

Or a fetus? Then its ok.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: RAIDER14 on September 09, 2007, 11:54:58 PM
(http://www.smileydepot.com/images/rude/barf%5B1%5D.gif)
no words needed
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Slash27 on September 09, 2007, 11:57:11 PM
So, how was your rat? What did you have to drink, beaver piss?





< if ever traveling to Peru, pack my own lunch>
Title: Lunch today
Post by: BlueJ1 on September 09, 2007, 11:57:56 PM
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Originally posted by Slash27
So, how was your rat? What did you have to drink, beaver piss?






Atleast it comes in a 2 liter.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: nirvana on September 10, 2007, 12:02:50 AM
Strangely, Andrew Zimmern is eating cuy on TV as I type this.  Enjoy your trip!
Title: Lunch today
Post by: BlueJ1 on September 10, 2007, 12:07:00 AM
Just a thought...how many rat farms have yall heard about? Which brings up another question, what was this ginormous rat eating before the cook killed it and cooked it?
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Leslie on September 10, 2007, 12:07:14 AM
Man that looks like some good Cavia porcellus frito.:)   Nice white meat high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol.  Does the Guinea pig taste like rabbit or chicken?  It looks pretty darn good.



Les
Title: Lunch today
Post by: rogwar on September 10, 2007, 06:28:39 AM
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Originally posted by Leslie
Man that looks like some good Cavia porcellus frito.:)   Nice white meat high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol.  Does the Guinea pig taste like rabbit or chicken?  It looks pretty darn good.



Les


"Cuy" is very tasty! Have eaten it several times during trips to Peru. Peru has some of the finest food in South America. It's kind of a cross between rabbit and squirrel, but raised domestic. I'd take it over rabbit any day. The skin is good and crunchy.

That drink is Inca Cola and a little like cream soda.

Well gotta hit the road. Off to Yanacocha, Pacasmayo, Trujillo, and then Lima.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: moot on September 10, 2007, 06:37:31 AM
Looks tasty :) ... What're you doing at the mines?
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Curval on September 10, 2007, 06:39:26 AM
Good lord.

I've been up since about 4.00am suffering from what I think is food poisoning.

Congrats...this thread made me hurl again.

:aok
Title: Lunch today
Post by: storch on September 10, 2007, 08:48:56 AM
cúy is excellent.  have you had the céviche yet.  yummy stuff.  I agree with you peruvian cuisine is very good.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: 68ROX on September 10, 2007, 08:49:00 AM
I have had rabbit in Germany....pretty good.

My grandparents ate squirrel (in chili) back in Mississippi....squirrel...the OTHER white meat.

Cuy...I'd have to try it before balking at it....I'd like to have to tobasco sauce on the side just in case.:confused:



Have a great trip...hope the altitude doesn't make you "gassy".  :O


68ROX
Title: Lunch today
Post by: rogwar on September 10, 2007, 09:26:13 PM
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Originally posted by moot
Looks tasty :) ... What're you doing at the mines?


Working with instrumentation and control systems. This is probably somewhere between 12 to 15 times in Peru.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Spikes on September 10, 2007, 09:41:32 PM
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Originally posted by Slash27
What did you have to drink, beaver piss?
 


:rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Lunch today
Post by: DYNAMITE on September 10, 2007, 09:52:11 PM
Pretty sure that was Qui - or fried Ginnie pig.  I had it myself when I was en Ecuador...

And yeah... it tastes like chicken. Only more oily.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: CptTrips on September 10, 2007, 09:52:51 PM
You know, they only feed that to the Gringo's as a joke.

:rofl

Wab
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Tac on September 11, 2007, 12:21:46 AM
In Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela we call that 'Curi'.

Its a bigger 'version 'of a guinea pig. Very tasty. Imagine chicken with the taste of well seasoned kobe beef (chicken'ish of course).
Title: Lunch today
Post by: rogwar on September 11, 2007, 05:00:45 PM
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Originally posted by Tac
In Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela we call that 'Curi'.

Its a bigger 'version 'of a guinea pig. Very tasty. Imagine chicken with the taste of well seasoned kobe beef (chicken'ish of course).


Hello from Trujillo, Peru. Off to Lima this evening and tomorrow morning to Arequipa, a very lovely city.

Cuy is a Quechua name. I've had it many times and something I look forward to when visiting Peru. It's a recognized delicacy here in Peru.

It's very very tasty. In fact I was thinking about stopping by PetsMart next week and picking up a couple of breeding pair.

That drink on the table is Inca Cola and tastes very good....almost like cream soda but better.

You would not believe this but just now while typing this I paused in the business center of this small hotel to ask a very sexy Peruvian lady about raising Cuy and now have a phone number.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Vudak on September 11, 2007, 05:03:31 PM
I've eaten a lot of strange things, and I'll bet that is tasty, but I'd never try it if it looked like that.  Cut up and served in slices?  Sure.  But the way they served it?  Not on your life.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: Speed55 on September 11, 2007, 05:07:56 PM
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Originally posted by Vudak
I've eaten a lot of strange things, and I'll bet that is tasty, but I'd never try it if it looked like that.  Cut up and served in slices?  Sure.  But the way they served it?  Not on your life.


I was thinking the same thing.   Looking at that fried rat head, and it's little fried rodent claws on the plate would gross me.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: SteveBailey on September 11, 2007, 05:16:25 PM
This cuy is having a bad day:


(http://www.smallparty.org/yoram/personal/ecuador/cuy.jpg)
Title: Lunch today
Post by: SteveBailey on September 11, 2007, 05:19:01 PM
Tragedy! These Cuy never realized that they had invited Jack the Ripper to their slumber party.
(http://www.geocities.com/cajachinaperu/cuy.JPG)
Title: Lunch today
Post by: 68Wooley on September 11, 2007, 05:55:28 PM
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Originally posted by rogwar
...and now have a phone number.


For the sexy Peruvian lady or for a rat breeder?
Title: Lunch today
Post by: 68Wooley on September 11, 2007, 06:00:11 PM
I once had cheval for lunch in Switzerland. I was a good way through it before I finally remembered from high-school French what 'cheval' is.

It was surprisingly tasty.
Title: Lunch today
Post by: rpm on September 11, 2007, 08:02:22 PM
I refuse to eat anything with it's little rat head and rat claws still attached. Grind it up and make tamales, then I'm OK with it.