2007-09-03 06:45:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Apparently there is a new super-tasty variety
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/19/super_guinea_pig/
2007-09-03 07:12:18 · update #1
A delicious recipe for fried Guinea Pig from Juan Fajardo
_CUY CHAQTADO_
Fried Guinea Pig (Ayacucho-style)
1 guinea pig, de-haired, gutted, and cleaned
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 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 a couple cold Cosquena or Arequipena beers on hand.
Bon appetit!
2007-09-03 08:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you can feed guinea pigs cookies (if you are thinking of the human kind). Try to opt for a vegetable picnic instead (they love it!) Include lots of different types of vegetable that they love, and you could arrange it in cute ways so it makes a trail or smiley face. If you want, you could even hide it underneath some paper, so they'll have to find it. Some veggies you could include are: -green bell pepper -romaine lettuce -cucumber -carrots -kale -corn leaves -parsley
2016-04-03 01:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by Shane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother's receipe: ( omit the garlic if you have a sensitive palette ). And actually... no cream URGH !
4 guinea pig joints ( you can use several hamsters in not the guinea pig season )
1 tablespoon seasoned flour
225 g streaky bacon or pancetta
1-2 tablespoon oil
2 large onions, peeled, halved and thinly sliced to form crescents
1 garlic clove, chopped
300 ml stock
1 bunch herbs (parsley, thyme, bay leaf)
salt & pepper
110 g pitted prunes
whipping cream (optional)
butter (optional)
300 ml cider or white wine
Dust guinea pig joints in flour.
Wrap each piece in strip of bacon, securing with toothpick.
Heat oil in large saucepan.
Gently sauté onion & garlic.
Transfer to flameproof casserole dish.
Brown guinea pig in frypan.
Add these to casserole.
Pour cider (or wine) & stock over guinea pig.
Add herbs & seasoning.
Gently heat until barely simmering.
Cover & continue to simmer very gently for 1 - 1 1/2 hours until guinea pig is tender.
Add prunes 15 minutes before time is up.
To serve place guinea pig pieces on shallow platter.
Quickly boil the sauce to reduce & thicken.
Stir in 1 - 2 Tblsp of cream OR butter if using.
Pour sauce all over the guinea pig and strew with croutons & chopped parsley.
Serve.
2007-09-03 08:08:19 · answer #3 · answered by dws2711 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What is the point in eating a Guinea Pig??! It's probably going to have 2 mouthfuls of meat on it!!
2007-09-03 07:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do believe the preferred method is to clean & spit the animal so that the open cavity is flat then roast over a medium heat till meat is cooked through (think spitted rabbit at a campground). This method also works well for squirrels, chipmunks and other small rodents in the forest.
2007-09-03 06:52:00 · answer #5 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I used to work with the Lord Lieutenant of my Shire's wife doing voluntary work, one day we were all sitting round a table and someone asked, what's the strangest thing you have eaten, she nearly won with her story of an official banquet in Bolivia while representing the Queen. She asked her husband what the meat was and he replied "Just Keep eating". it turned out to be Guinea Pig. She was not the winner so have a guess what food won.
2007-09-03 09:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by john m 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i understand that in a certain pub in aberystwyth ideas for cooking this animal are some times discussed in the beer garden.apparantly the most likely method was to roast the little fella!
2007-09-03 13:25:57 · answer #7 · answered by scott 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it's a Guinea Pig you can try anything!
2007-09-03 07:07:03 · answer #8 · answered by Ian M 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I like mine in the Hawaiin mode....a wee apple in it's mouth on a spit over an open fire.
Suggested serving is 1 per person.
Side dish? My guests have just loved hamster hash and pickled parrot with a side of sauteed goldfish
2007-09-03 07:27:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Roasted Medium Rare!!!!
2007-09-03 13:00:07 · answer #10 · answered by colin050659 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋