The Annual Guinea Pig Festival in Peru ***WARNING*** Could be offensive to some!

[csziggy]

Seriously, if you are sensitive, DON"T read the linked story and pictures to the end - STOP at the guinea pig with the Santa hat! If you have a perverse sense of humor, read on.

This Guinea Pig Festival Was Ridiculously Adorable… Til I Saw How It Ended. OMG.

March 11, 2014 Stories

Throughout the Peru, there is an annual tradition that goes back 15 centuries, all the way to the time of the Incas. Small town celebrate the guinea pig! Many people gather in the streets with their guinea pigs, dressing them up and participating in contests. There, is however, a small catch to all of the celebrations.
http://www.viralnova.com/guinea-pig-festival/

[LiberalElite]

1. Let me guess

They eat the guinea pigs, right?

[orleans]

2. ugh. right. i didn't see the picture, but i saw the heading for it. ugh. ugh. ugh. n/t

[csziggy]

3. That's why I said stop at the Santa hat picture!

Then you might have only seen the caption for the guineas pigs getting a big meal, not being one.

[orleans]

5. crap!

i missed the stop at santa's hat warning

but the meal caption was above the picture so i didn't have to see anything "bad"
i saw the pigs eating a nice meal though

[csziggy]

6. Sorry - I really tried to warn people.

But the picture of the guineas eating corn on the cob was cute as are all the pigs in outfits. The last couple are disturbing, though, even if you know what's coming.

[csziggy]

4. Yes - but I've known that forever, no surprise to me

I wonder if they taste like chicken?

[OriginalGeek]

7. A friends says they are good

he is married to a Peruvian lady and they go there to visit her family fairly often. Guinea pig on a stick from street vendors.



But something about the way he says it makes me hesitant to try it myself...

[csziggy]

8. I wonder what seasonings they use?

Even though I'm not sure I'd eat one myself.

[OriginalGeek]

9. This guy is known for an iron stomach

we stopped going to the dives he recommends - I sometimes think he seeks out the filthiest places he can find and then bring us to them to prove he can eat weirder shit than everyone. We long ago ceded him the title lol. I'll ask him tomorrow if he recalls any spices.

[csziggy]

10. Thanks - I'd be very interested

We used to sell herbs and spices and I've collected recipes from various countries but I've never come across one from Peru.