{"id":78,"date":"2012-08-06T03:53:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T03:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2020-04-09T04:12:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:12:55","slug":"roasted-guinea-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/roasted-guinea-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasted Guinea Pigs (Peru)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_80\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/roasted-guinea-pigs1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" title=\"roasted-guinea-pigs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/roasted-guinea-pigs1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Roasted Guinea Pigs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/roasted-guinea-pigs1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/roasted-guinea-pigs1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/roasted-guinea-pigs1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roasted Guinea Pig &#8211; Photo by <a title=\"photo credits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everystockphoto.com\/photo.php?imageId=3812031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phillie Casablanca<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>You have likely heard of at least one person with a guinea pig for a pet.&nbsp; But did you know that in Peru guinea pigs are considered to be a delicacy?&nbsp; Yes, Peruvian people eat guinea pigs.&nbsp; Especially in the Andean region of Peru, these small furry creatures are roasted before they are served.&nbsp; The dish is known by the name cuy chactado.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea pigs that are destined to be cooked are grown much larger than those that are kept as pets.&nbsp; Sometimes they are the main course, but more often they are an appetizer or a snack.&nbsp; They are also included in the pachamanca, which is a meat banquet that involves many different types of meats like pork and beef along with various vegetables and herbs.&nbsp; The mixture is prepared in an underground oven on top of hot stones.<\/p>\n<p>Cavia prcellus has been an important part of Andean cuisine, culture and medicine for more than 40 centuries.&nbsp; To this day, guinea pigs continue to be a vital source of protein for many in the region.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have likely heard of at least one person with a guinea pig for a pet.&nbsp; But did you know that in Peru guinea pigs are considered to be a delicacy?&nbsp; Yes, Peruvian people eat guinea pigs.&nbsp; Especially in the Andean region of Peru, these small furry creatures are roasted before they are served.&nbsp; The [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[32,30,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}