Cuy – guinea-pig…

You tough guinea-pig was a sweet and warm pet the children love? Well in any case, not in Peru! Indeed, here guinea-pig, called cuy is a culinary specialty… 

This animal breed very fast and in large quantity, don’t take space, don’t need many care and don’t eat much; so this is a very easy animal, convenient to breed for its meat! Delicious meat by the way and perfectly enhanced by its typical seasoning. Despite this, the presentation of this plate abundantly traditional (in campaigns, all the families breed –at least- some cuy families) can shock sensitive persons; it is served entire with head, ears, legs, claws…

That being said, go to Peru and not even taste cuy is like travel to France and not even taste cheeses, travel to United States and not even taste hamburgers… It would be really too bad.