This makes a tasty meal for 2 and is great all year round. You can pick up a guinea pig from any local pet store - please note most will not sell it to you if you plan to eat it, so best to not tell them 
Ingredients
Cooking Instructions
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.
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So, for 1st Guinea pigs are not to eat and for 2nd, whoever wrote it, that I can find him personally will baked him with caraway after obouch sides!
Wonderful. Fabulous. You’re a real class act.
I bought 2 guinea pigs to try this recipe, but I need some help please. I’m not sure the best way to kill them?
I hit one on the head with a frying pan, and its bleeding quite a bit, but its not dead yet. Any idea on the best way to do it?
Buy a gun and it is best to shoot him
that is disgusting
YES IT IS !
your a crazy homo
Can we do this recipe, maybe with a sandmouse and cheese?
It is good idea!! and what add hamster ???
i am appauled that you would allow anyone to put a recipe for filling what is a
pet in the united states and allowing it to be spread and i know that you are
not going to say you did not know……may god be with you , you are in the
united states and we do not eat our pets. you should be ashame…….
ok, u must not have been loved PROPERLY as a child. u truely need 2 move bk 2 whatever 3rd world craphole country u came from pal, cuz here what ur doin is sick n disturbing ,get some help. wow. oh and 2 the schmuck who was actually going 2 try 2 do this, lets get together 4 a live demonstration , a mallet and ur scull ,we ll see what results we come up with, u nazi freak! sincerely , MRS. HUMANE
Rebecca, you are true…….
I can’t believe this site would allow him to post this. not only is what he’s posting sick and disgusting its also illegal…CRUELTY TO ANIMALS…hense the reason they CANT sell the poor thing to you as food you idiot. maybe a night or two behind bars would teach you to shop at a grocery store for your food next time.
This is Cuy Chaqtado (Fried Guinea Pig) a Peruvian dish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig
“The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source”
who in their right mind would eat a friggen guinie pig are you thet retarted to eat a house hold pet. you need to be slapped for posting this crap on here seek mental help before your neighbor hood kids beat you up. we live in america not some pathetic third world country you wack job.
i dun think so this is chinese recipe,cos we never eat this before..
You are sick….I can’t believe you would actually think anyone would try this or eat this recipe. And for Gerry…….you sick bastard….how could you do that to that poor guinea pig….you hit it and then just let it suffer!!!!!
You both should be arrested for this. Animal Cruelty is against the law. I hope someone out there gives you both what you truly deserve.
Sick Bastards….
This is a delicious meal - killing it off first can be a bit messy, but dont let it dishearten you - most grow to enjoy the killing part most of all! I especially like skinning the Guinea Pig personally..
By the way, one big clout to the head with a rolling pin will usually do it.. I let my 7 year old son do it now, building up his strength.
bludgeoning the guinea pigs with a rolling pin was creeping me out, and seemed a bit inhumane to me. And it also did not kill it. So, alternatively, I sedated the guinea pig with a little Grand Marnier (it was all I had in the liquor cabinet) and then when the little guy was all nice and groggy, I shaved off all his fur with a Lady Bic razor (rather than actually skinning him.) He actually seemed to enjoy this, although he slept through most of it til the end when he was pretty awake again — awake but drunk. Then i just carefully lowered him into the hot oil cradled in a big slotted spoon. Make sure you put the lid on the pot immediately as they can really thrash about and can splatter boiling hot oil everywhere. The skin was real crispy. This is a neat recipe. It tasted just like chicken!
just goes to show you how many people that are retarted and cruel why dont we get u drunk shave you and lower you in hot oil so your skin can be crispy and see how you friggen like it………FREAKS SEEK MENTAL HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’m ‘retarted’?
just because i shaved my guinea pig? jeez, no one complained when i shaved my beaver….
r u FU**ING KIDDING ME?!
does this recipe work just as well on the bbq ?
ok i would not personally eat gineau pig but some ppl do. ppl eat cows and chickens and ducks, which are also known to be pets, so do not say that we in america do not eat pets because we do!!!!
so its okay to slaughter pigs chickens cows and whatever else, but not a gineau pig?
I find it a bit ironic that there’s so much offended commenters here that could most likely eat a hamburger or a steak without a guilty consience…
Guinea pig is meat and it can be eaten, just like any other animal. I personally wouldn’t try out this recipe myself, but if I went to China and someone served me this dish, of course I would try it out.
OK, AWesterners, (Americans?), get over it, there are other cultures in the world, stop being so self centred
the only reason why all these people are reacting negatively is because of the cutesy guinea pig creature. eating guinea pigs would just be the same as eating meat from cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and other animals. if you want cruelty-free meals, try being a vegetarian. don’t insult other cultures just because they eat what you don’t eat. do people who eat guinea pigs make them less of a human being than you are?
Hahahaha Im thinking maybe there wouldn’t be such negative feed back on this if the picture of the dish wasn’t of a LIVE GUINNIE PIG however i dont think i could eat a rodent but some cultures do… i guess they have more balls then me! Just saying maybe people shouldn’t talk down on what other cultures use as a source of food… who knows they could think eating cow is gross… but hell i’ve seen people eat snakes and frogs… so i guess we shouldn’t knock it untill we’ve tried it…
Freakin’ Hilarious. To all of you getting your panties in an uproar - get a clue and a sense of humor people - nobody is bludgeoning guinea pigs and frying them. I’m sure this recipe was all in good fun and it was one of the highlights of my day.
Anybody here eat Wabbit?, sorry, Rabbit?
Look, all I am saying is that there are some things really wrong here.
How can you handle the fact that they have such cute little faces, animated personalities, and are basically wonderful and adorable, and personally I hate the fact that their cute little leg bones get caught in your teeth! I just don’t have enough toothpicks to deal with this recipe.
My friend Dana has 2 guinea pigs to give away. They are quite fat and will be homeless soon, if you want them just check Dana Armstrong on facebook
Sorry, I’m still full from the last batch
i live in Scotland and we eat guinea pig quite a bit.. they are a good source of nutrition and really do taste great with very little effort. My granny has made me and my wee brother Guinea pig since we were wee boys.. i know a lot of people get squeemish about the killing part, i think its because they are fluffy and they make eye contact with you.. the way my gran has always done it is to pop them in a big shoe and fold over both sides of the shoe so that it cant get out or see what is about to happen.. then u just whack the shoe against the kitchen worktop a few times! thats the tricky part done, and no mess or expence.
OHHHHH! This recipie is so much better in french-I am you see! Fry them with anchovies et pepper, then boil them with salt and rosemary, et finally chop and serve with les hamster so no one notices de are guineapigs! We feed them to le dogs-because de guineapigs are ill when de are killed under le aneathestic!
DOES IT TASTE LIEK CHICKEN?
Kirsten, YOU ARE AWSHOME!!! U SOOOOOO GOTTA TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT TASTES LIKE….IS IT BETTER THAN CHICKEN?!
wOnDer if i can actually get it in hk
this is absoulutly disgusting i cant believe anyone would want to eat this i had a guinea pig growing up and all 3 of my kids have one i couldnt ever imagine eating one of them they are so cute
I have pet chickens, but I still like KFC
who ever thought of this is a very sick person.
I’ve found that dropping them in a big pot of boiling water kills and takes the hair off at the same time.
If the larder shelves were bare, all the Guineas would soon have no hair.They’d be in the pot instead of being fed and petted alot.
Many of you folks must think that beef, chicken and pork originate in the back room of the store.
Instead of the slaughter houses that you seem to abhor and ignore.
Come on, get a life. The pigs don’t feel the strife.