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Post by labrat on Sept 6, 2006 8:29:52 GMT -5
Thanks to globalization and folks trying new foods, we may soon find a new Andean delicacy on American dinner tables. I heard this report on The World last night. Also, there have been reports written since 1991 discussing the development of such a micro-livestock; and obviously this would bring about a new category in the Homesteading & Self Sufficiency Forum. This could be the new easiest managed livestock for the future. Or should this be listed in the Wild Game, Fowl & Exotic Meat Recipes Forum? Report dated 1991. . . darwin.nap.edu/books/030904295X/html/R1.html; take a look at Chapter 20. Report dated 1997. . . www.cipav.org.co/lrrd/lrrd9/5/gp951.htm Here’s the link to the report from last night. It’s a 5 minute 10 second audio audio.theworld.org/wma.php?id=09058 |
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Post by Kathy on Sept 6, 2006 9:32:16 GMT -5
Since they are like any other herbivore I'm sure they are quite edible. It would take some mental adjustment to get comfortable with the idea though. Too many years of thinking of guinea pigs as pets would make a shift in that paradigm a slow process.  I have to say; micro livestock would allow many urban & suburban dwellers the ability to raise their own meat which would be a great advance towards self sufficiency for a large segment of the population. And then there's the age old question-what do they taste like?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2006 10:03:32 GMT -5
And then there's the age old question-what do they taste like? probably just like chicken!  |
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Post by Kathy on Sept 6, 2006 10:17:01 GMT -5
And then there's the age old question-what do they taste like? probably just like chicken! The biggest drawback would be those small, very small slabs of ribs for BBQ.  |
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Post by labrat on Sept 6, 2006 13:57:37 GMT -5
In the report, the people mentioned that there were no large chunks of meat and that the bones were like toothpicks. I would imagine that would be like fishbones from salmon or other comparable species. And yes, those that have tried it compare it to chicken.
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Post by Kathy on Sept 6, 2006 14:58:51 GMT -5
Would you try it if this new version of 'farming' does come to the USA?  I probably would as long as the butcher method was quick & humane. I'm from MI and as a child my father was a fur trapper so I ate my share and someone elses of muskrat so guinea pig wouldn't be completely out of the realm of possibilities. In the report, the people mentioned that there were no large chunks of meat and that the bones were like toothpicks. I would imagine that would be like fishbones from salmon or other comparable species. And yes, those that have tried it compare it to chicken. |
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Post by bergere on Sept 12, 2006 10:27:04 GMT -5
They have been a food source for thousands of years in Peru.
So farming them is nothing new. <shrug>
Meat is meat when you have very little.
Only us in America and points north, have put them up to pet status.
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Post by thrillbilly on Sept 12, 2006 11:22:48 GMT -5
I dont know if I could eat one. Ive never like them as pets because they just always seemed to stink or something. I dont know I just have some kinda born into me aversion to guinea pigs.
Now back when i was young my grtgrandparents raised chinchilla and I did partake of one a few times. Tastes exaclty what I fugre a skinned rat would taste like
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Post by thrillbilly on Sept 12, 2006 11:23:51 GMT -5
as long as I can get a 5lb chicken off of 2 dollars in feed ill just stick to chicken.
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Post by bergere on Sept 13, 2006 8:14:27 GMT -5
TB,, I would agree with you.... rather have Chicken...or even rabbit if no other choice.
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