Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Another Guinea pig Recipe!





Hey people.
Please read all my other posts and comment them! :D
Anyway, I got a new recipe for cooking Cuy!!! (Guinea pig)
read post below also for other delicious recipes.




*Cuy Picante Huanuqueño Style*

*Ingredients: *

*- **2 large guinea pigs*

*- **1 tablespoon crushed garlic*

*- **1½ teaspoon salt *

*- **1½ pepper*

*- **1½ teaspoon cumin powder*

*- **2 tablespoons aji panca (a Peruvian deep-clay red chile, liquefied in a blender)*

*- **2 tablespoons aji mirasol (a Peruvian dark yellow chile, liquefied in a blender)*

*- ** 1 cup cooking oil or margarine *

*- **10 scallions *

*- **The guinea pigs’ hearts, livers (and in an authentic version, also the intestines, thoroughly cleaned) *

*- **1 tablespoon of crushed peanuts*

*- **8 yellow potatoes boiled and skinned*

*Preparation: *

*Cut and quarter the guinea pigs, salt and pepper, then fry until golden brown. Put aside in a warm dish. In a heavy skillet, lightly greased with a few splashes of oil, combine the garlic, aji panca and aji mirasol over high heat. Mixing and scraping the ingredients from the bottom of the pan to keep it from sticking; continue until the mixture is thoroughly cooked to a golden brown. Chop the scallions, separating the white bulbs from the green stalks. Add the finely chopped scallion bulbs to the pan with the cumin. In a separate pan, combine the hearts, livers and peanuts and cook until thoroughly done, then place in a food processor or blender to liquefy. Add and mix with aji-garlic mixture in heavy skillet. Add guinea pig pieces, cooking for 10 to 15 minutes. Let stand for at least 15 minutes. Serve over sliced boiled potatoes sliced.
Serves four.*


Enjoy Your Guinea pig.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Want to Cook Guinea Pigs?









Many people want to try Guinea pig.
Throughout the world people eat Guinea pig.
Even were its illegal!
in areas were guinea pig meat is illegal people sometimes Go to a pet store and breed the guinea pig and Eat it once its fat.
(If you go to a pet store to get guinea pigs for consuming DO NOT tell the pet store workers your plan to cook them.)

Recipes:
"Picante de cuy" - Guinea Pig with spices
The whole guinea pig is marinated overnight in spices, including cumin, black pepper, paprika and dried red chillies.
Red and yellow peppers are also liquidised and added to the marinade just before cooking.
After marinating, the meat is barbecued and served whole, but split in two like a fillet.

"Cuyes en salsa de mani" - Guinea pigs with peanut sauce
The guinea pig is seasoned whole with salt and pepper and then slowly deep fried in vegetable oil.
It is then served with a creamy peanut sauce and traditionally accompanied by white rice, fried yuccas and boiled sweet potatoes.

Fried Guinea Pig (Ayacucho-style)CUY CHAQTADO
1 guinea pig, de-haired, gutted, and cleaned
1/2 c. flour
1/4 - 1/2 t. ground cuminsalt 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 beer on hand

Guinea pigs, Food or friend?

For thousands of years, people have aten Guinea pigs in parts of our world.

Hey
I have recently did research about Guinea pigs.
Turns out, Many people enjoy eating guinea pigs.
Meanwhile others have them as pets.

Over 65 Million Guinea pigs are killed each year for food in America's.
(Mostly in South America)

Voice your opinions.
Are guinea pigs Food or friend?