Cuy is for Guinea Pig and Yes I Ate It...

As some of you may know cuy is the speciality dish of Cusco. I was told I had to at least try it when I came (:/). So when everyone was like cuy this and that here I was ready. However, what I was not ready for was to be served the whole thing. Arms...legs...head...claws. The thing is looking you like it's about to pounce. Like really. Like really really. Now I am trying to get it toghther and convince myself that this is part of my Peru experience. I cannot leave the country without eating this fried rat.


So I try it.


Ehhhh...


Hmmm...


Tsssss...


I don't like it.


The thing about the cuy is that it's muscle and not really fat so the little meat that's on it is tough and the skin is thick. I pick at it. Trying not to be a punk. The gingers I was with ate everything licking the grease off the lips. They also ate something that they thought was either the kidneys or the lungs. I was like maybe it's the balls - you really gonna eat that? (I know - I try to control the ghettoness while in cusco but damn - those could have been cojones - I'm just saying).